Have been waiting to write on the blog for a very very long time. Finally my last exam is over and i am free now! Free from this hectic and disappointing 6th sem overall. Will just try to recollect the main events of the sem and pack it for now...
1. Joined 1-2 days late in the sem.
2. Saarang came and the "happenings" @ Saarang.
3. Yet another valentine day spent alone! :P
4. Quiz 1 starts, goes on well (i thought so that time) and ends pretty fast.
5. Meanwhile Internship got finalised and it was time to start taking steps towards getting Visa done fast.
6. Went home for 4 days in 1st week of March.
7. Visa done by 15th March and a big big relief! UK trip ON! :)
8. 16th March.. The big fight day...or whatever you want to call it! Ditch..
9. Quiz 2 comes rushing through and the enthu has diminished even further.
10. The Worst mails to mom just after quiz 2. Time to wake up and do some thinking!!
11. Thinking goes on and April comes by.
12. Determination not to let it go in the last sem of importance.
13. Meeting a new person! What a discovery! Amazing time still..
14. Endsems come and assignment load increases quite a lot!
15. 21st April , last day of assignment submissions. submitted 3 assignments and 2 reports that day i think :D
16. 23rd April Endsem begins! NICE!
17. 23, 25, 26, 28, 30, 1st May!
Its the end of 6th sem and a wonderfully eventful but academically bad sem!
Time to change the thinking cap, go home tomorrow. Chill for 9 days and chill further in UK!
Hope i can write more often from now on!
Monday, April 30, 2007
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Signing off...
This will be the last post before the endsem starts and ends. After endsem i think i wont have much time to actually write a post as i have to hurry back home. Some thoughts for the last post which are in my mind right now are...
Looking back at the sem, i can only vaguely remember myself at Saarang 2007. All i remember is the tranformation that has taken place in me and when it took place. Will never forget somethings like the calls with Sangram, Sonal, Aquila etc., 2 mails to mom and ofcourse, the CHEERFUL life i am having right now. Thanks to new friends and the old ones are always there! :)
On the academic front...
Targets achieved! However much work u give, we can and will do it. It seems very very peaceful too once u submit the assignments or the reports or after giving a 40 mins presentation. Given 1 month everything under the sun can be learnt and can be learnt well. Its good i had the hardest time with acads in this 6th sem, and its good i have changed myself a bit as the sem draws to a close. I have enthu to do well now. So unlike just 1 month back.
Thought for the day...
We dont get the time to enjoy the peak of the mountain. Its always the journey which is remembered more than the achievement. Its the journey of this 6th sem which i will remember too irrespective of the final outcome. :)
Signing off from the blog till atleast 1st May. Tata and Good luck to all the readers.
Looking back at the sem, i can only vaguely remember myself at Saarang 2007. All i remember is the tranformation that has taken place in me and when it took place. Will never forget somethings like the calls with Sangram, Sonal, Aquila etc., 2 mails to mom and ofcourse, the CHEERFUL life i am having right now. Thanks to new friends and the old ones are always there! :)
On the academic front...
Targets achieved! However much work u give, we can and will do it. It seems very very peaceful too once u submit the assignments or the reports or after giving a 40 mins presentation. Given 1 month everything under the sun can be learnt and can be learnt well. Its good i had the hardest time with acads in this 6th sem, and its good i have changed myself a bit as the sem draws to a close. I have enthu to do well now. So unlike just 1 month back.
Thought for the day...
We dont get the time to enjoy the peak of the mountain. Its always the journey which is remembered more than the achievement. Its the journey of this 6th sem which i will remember too irrespective of the final outcome. :)
Signing off from the blog till atleast 1st May. Tata and Good luck to all the readers.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Abstract and Abstruse!
Following is the abstract for my intern. I cant understand more than 3 sentences at a stretch!!! Please put fundae if you know what it means! :(
Jet Noise from instability mode interactions
" Air travel continues to expand in volume and noise disturbance from
aircraft jet engines is a continuing issue for those living and working
near airports. Engine manufacturers have an excellent track record of
reducing the noise from engines, but further progress depends on better
understanding of the mechanisms of sound production. This project will
develop a recently-proposed idea that some of the most important noise may
come from nonlinear interactions between instability modes that propagate
along the jet. Previous research has only considered a linear mechanism,
with limited success for high speed jets. Since the instability modes
themselves can be efficiently computed with well-known techniques of
stability analysis, all the quadratic nonlinear interactions can in
principle be computed relatively quickly. This project will develop the
technique by coupling a base flow with the acoustic field via combination
of stability modes. A series of direct numerical simulations will be run
so that the technique can be evaluated for accuracy over a range of test
cases, including binary mode interactions, transition to turbulence and
fully turbulent cases where the effect of the nozzle lip can be included.
Published laboratory data will also be used for reference. The tests will
determine direction and frequency ranges in which the nonlinear
interaction mechanism is an important source of sound. Understanding this
mechanism should then allow other sources to be isolated. "
Jet Noise from instability mode interactions
" Air travel continues to expand in volume and noise disturbance from
aircraft jet engines is a continuing issue for those living and working
near airports. Engine manufacturers have an excellent track record of
reducing the noise from engines, but further progress depends on better
understanding of the mechanisms of sound production. This project will
develop a recently-proposed idea that some of the most important noise may
come from nonlinear interactions between instability modes that propagate
along the jet. Previous research has only considered a linear mechanism,
with limited success for high speed jets. Since the instability modes
themselves can be efficiently computed with well-known techniques of
stability analysis, all the quadratic nonlinear interactions can in
principle be computed relatively quickly. This project will develop the
technique by coupling a base flow with the acoustic field via combination
of stability modes. A series of direct numerical simulations will be run
so that the technique can be evaluated for accuracy over a range of test
cases, including binary mode interactions, transition to turbulence and
fully turbulent cases where the effect of the nozzle lip can be included.
Published laboratory data will also be used for reference. The tests will
determine direction and frequency ranges in which the nonlinear
interaction mechanism is an important source of sound. Understanding this
mechanism should then allow other sources to be isolated. "
Monday, April 9, 2007
Generally..
A big burden off! Finished F slot assignment today early morning and almost done with the report now. 40 marks assignment is a big pain!
Agenda for coming few days
A slot: 2 assignments,
B slot: 1 HUGE assignment,
D slot: Dont know what is going on in class! :P
E slot: Know what is going on in class but cant understand it! :D
F slot: Going good! Hold on!
DP: Presentation day after tomorrow. Will start working tonight hopefully.
ESA: Made silly mistake in 6th quiz. Ditch. Will put fight for endsem
25 days to go...
Agenda for coming few days
A slot: 2 assignments,
B slot: 1 HUGE assignment,
D slot: Dont know what is going on in class! :P
E slot: Know what is going on in class but cant understand it! :D
F slot: Going good! Hold on!
DP: Presentation day after tomorrow. Will start working tonight hopefully.
ESA: Made silly mistake in 6th quiz. Ditch. Will put fight for endsem
25 days to go...
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Opportunity missed??
This has never left my thoughts since that day. It was just 1 day before the deadline that we got to see the circular about the opportunity. Needless to say, mind started wavering and immediately calculations were made as to is the money enough? Well it was enough. Then the question of "important" semester ahead came forth. Will i be missing this important semester at my institute and will i be missing on some of the important things that might happen in sixth sem. These thoughts were overwhelmingly strong that day and hence i decided to talk with my parents and Sangram, before taking my own decision.
Parents as always were very very supportive. They were ready for any financial commitment or anything apart from that too. But as always, the ultimate decision was left to me, which was indeed very nice of them. Then i spoke with Sangram on phone about the whole thing. He had been there for 2 months and was the best person to consult about the standard. Even the financial aspect was spoken about and both of us agreed that it is not much pain. In the end, it was just about going away in the most important semester or not going away. According to both Sangram and me, it was best to stay here. That night i slept in peace and had already decided that i am not going anywhere.
Next day at lunch there were these rumors of infinite junta competing for the 10 places at stake. Siva had decided to apply, Nikhil too. They were all there. Suddenly there was this terrible feeling that why the hell am i not going then?? I was confused like hell and decided to do some more thinking. I wanted to think what so many people had thought which i might not have!
One more day passed in this.
Next day, pretty cheerful about the decision i had come to at night, early morning at 9 i went to HOD and told him that i wanted to go. HOD just smiled and said, the Dean is finalising the list now, you are late!
I am late???!!! The deadline was not clearly mentioned anywhere in the circular which came to us. It was shown late to us and i did expect them to give us 2 days atleast to think! 2 days is not a lot!!! SHIT i am late???
I was totally psyched and i didnt know what to do. Never ever the thought of going and talking to the Dean crossed my mind. Never ever the thought of saying i needed more time to think to the people who mattered ever came to my mind. I was just standing there in aero office, all helpless! Sat down on the sofa outside HODs office for 5 minutes and thought about everything i could do. Came to the conclusion that i could have done nothing!
Then it was the usual comforting yourself when you have lost something. I thought about the things which i was thinking just 1 day back. Thought about that conversation with Sangram and the way i thought it was not worth going away from 6th sem at IITM.
I wonder even now as to why the hell did i take that 1 extra day. Why did i just not say "NO im not going" and stick to it. Why did i change my decision that night and went and spoke to HOD next morning. Why did i fall for it if i was sure i didnt want to go.
Was i sure in the first place? I dont think so. I think i just needed more time to decide and sadly that was what mattered in the end. The list got finalised. We had 1 guy from aero going there.
This was a brief account of what exactly happened in those 2 days. The days when the notice came that NUS (National University of Singapore) is taking exchange students for one semester. The criterion for selection was pretty obvious from the outset, CGPA. Mine being the highest in my department i was sure to go to NUS for 1 sem if i had applied...I DIDNT GET A CHANCE TO APPLY!!!
I didnt talk to the Dean that day which i should have. Forget talking, i didnt even think of anything like that!!! Where the hell does my brain go on important occasions!!!
Did i "just" miss a great opportunity? Oh and yes it still seems just a yesterdays thing.
I hate you GT for reminding me!! :(
Parents as always were very very supportive. They were ready for any financial commitment or anything apart from that too. But as always, the ultimate decision was left to me, which was indeed very nice of them. Then i spoke with Sangram on phone about the whole thing. He had been there for 2 months and was the best person to consult about the standard. Even the financial aspect was spoken about and both of us agreed that it is not much pain. In the end, it was just about going away in the most important semester or not going away. According to both Sangram and me, it was best to stay here. That night i slept in peace and had already decided that i am not going anywhere.
Next day at lunch there were these rumors of infinite junta competing for the 10 places at stake. Siva had decided to apply, Nikhil too. They were all there. Suddenly there was this terrible feeling that why the hell am i not going then?? I was confused like hell and decided to do some more thinking. I wanted to think what so many people had thought which i might not have!
One more day passed in this.
Next day, pretty cheerful about the decision i had come to at night, early morning at 9 i went to HOD and told him that i wanted to go. HOD just smiled and said, the Dean is finalising the list now, you are late!
I am late???!!! The deadline was not clearly mentioned anywhere in the circular which came to us. It was shown late to us and i did expect them to give us 2 days atleast to think! 2 days is not a lot!!! SHIT i am late???
I was totally psyched and i didnt know what to do. Never ever the thought of going and talking to the Dean crossed my mind. Never ever the thought of saying i needed more time to think to the people who mattered ever came to my mind. I was just standing there in aero office, all helpless! Sat down on the sofa outside HODs office for 5 minutes and thought about everything i could do. Came to the conclusion that i could have done nothing!
Then it was the usual comforting yourself when you have lost something. I thought about the things which i was thinking just 1 day back. Thought about that conversation with Sangram and the way i thought it was not worth going away from 6th sem at IITM.
I wonder even now as to why the hell did i take that 1 extra day. Why did i just not say "NO im not going" and stick to it. Why did i change my decision that night and went and spoke to HOD next morning. Why did i fall for it if i was sure i didnt want to go.
Was i sure in the first place? I dont think so. I think i just needed more time to decide and sadly that was what mattered in the end. The list got finalised. We had 1 guy from aero going there.
This was a brief account of what exactly happened in those 2 days. The days when the notice came that NUS (National University of Singapore) is taking exchange students for one semester. The criterion for selection was pretty obvious from the outset, CGPA. Mine being the highest in my department i was sure to go to NUS for 1 sem if i had applied...I DIDNT GET A CHANCE TO APPLY!!!
I didnt talk to the Dean that day which i should have. Forget talking, i didnt even think of anything like that!!! Where the hell does my brain go on important occasions!!!
Did i "just" miss a great opportunity? Oh and yes it still seems just a yesterdays thing.
I hate you GT for reminding me!! :(
Friday, April 6, 2007
Waiting...
It has almost been a month now. I have been waiting for something. Waiting for that one thing after which i will be so happy or else so sad. I dont know how it is going to be like, i dont know how it is going to shape up, but i do know that i am waiting. Waiting to tell everything that i have thought i will tell. Waiting to see if i can actually say all that. Waiting to listen, waiting to think, and yes, waiting to rethink.
Dont know when this wait will be over. All i hope is this wait is over soon. I dont want to wait and go through the same old routine of visiting orkut, then the blog and then again orkut again and again. I am tired of thinking about it and i dont want to think about it. I just hope this waiting period ends! I wish i had the right mindset to end this waiting business, but no i dont have it, i will just WAIT...
Dont know when this wait will be over. All i hope is this wait is over soon. I dont want to wait and go through the same old routine of visiting orkut, then the blog and then again orkut again and again. I am tired of thinking about it and i dont want to think about it. I just hope this waiting period ends! I wish i had the right mindset to end this waiting business, but no i dont have it, i will just WAIT...
1st GRE exercise :P
My vocab has been letting me down whenever i want to write something. My english hasnt improved and is at the same place where it was in 9th std. But well, i dont care as i hate reading and one cannot start using words mugged from Barron's suddenly before even knowing their usage! I dont want to start reading and all anytime soon but this is something which might help us all! :P
Found this as a testimonial to one of my wing mates...
1st GRE exercise for those who havent taken it yet. MUG THE WORDS!!!
Shya!!! I HATE ENGLISH!!!
Found this as a testimonial to one of my wing mates...
1st GRE exercise for those who havent taken it yet. MUG THE WORDS!!!
| Gorgeous!!! Alluring!!! Attractive!!! Appealing!!! Sweet!!! Good-looking!!! Charming!!! Glamorous!!! Beautiful!!! Eye- catching!!! Smart!!! Striking!!! Fascinating!!! Beautiful!!! Seductive!!! Bubbly!!! Sparkling!!! Full of life!!! Dazzling!!! Shining!!! Vivacious!!! Energetic!!! Head turner!!! Seductive!!! Humorous!!! Smart!!! Witty!!! Funny!!! Stunning!!! Lovely!!! Superb!!! Exquisite!!! Fabulous!!! Excellent!!! Fantastic!!! Outstanding!!! Exceptional!!! Terrific!!! Wonderful!!! Glittering!!! Tempting!!! Persuasive!!! Influential!!! Credible!!! Likeable!!! Attention-grabbing!!! Impressive!!! Sparkling!!! Remarkable!!! Marvelous!!! Prominent!!! Pleasing!!! Extraordinary!!! Congenial!!! Friendly!!! Good-natured!!! Great!!! Amazing!!! Tremendous!!! Elegant!!! Fashionable!!! Well-groomed!!! Stylish!! Neat!!! Graceful!!! | ||
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Blog blog blog!
Have been quite busy these days and i think that is the only reason why i need to blog often too. :P
Last week has been a terrific one and i wish to write about it a bit...
Last week was marked by the quizes ending first of all. Then it was a full day of time pass and getting back to work. Have not slept for 4 nights in a row. Well, it was partly for assignments, partly for fart sessions, and the remaining for i dont know what!!!
There were these endless discussions for room allotment, the discussions turning quite hot, almost to the point of fighting and some leaving the wing too! Finally, all of us pulled it off with all 18 of us moving together next year. Its going to be really great time in 4th year with almost all of us ready to give up and have fun!
Then the never ending discussions and arguments about Sachin's future and stuff. Most of it totally unnecessary but still...
Have been alloted my 3rd choice in mess, with all my wingmates at a different mess. Myself have been at that mess for the last 3 months too. Anyways, the new mess seems good and i always go with friends at night to somewhere im not allowed to as the guys in that mess know me well already. A bit beimani, chalta hai... :P
Have been getting tense over the F slot assignment, then the A slot coming assignments, and have to find out about B slot. DP is finally over and im on cloud 9 that i dont have to submit any more of that Bull shit!
Just left with one presentation for DP and then the pain will be over for this sem. I HATE DP.
Then this week was marked by some really nice things between the long lost friends.
Spoke with Namu finally, and spoke well too! Was so nice to talk to her after, 6 mnths??!! :O
Then met Aquila after a long long time and she is fun!
Have been going out on walks almost every night with Siva and Cycle. Getting to know Cycle in a much different and simpler way! Its so much fun to hang out at odd hours of night at arbit places and just talk talk talk! Looking forward to more such fart sessions in the last month, well all of us like walking at night it seems!
The long awaited treat from Gera, Botter and Setia got over yesterday and i hope i can write down about the amazing treat sometime soon! Well, we havent paid CCD 500 bucks still i guess! :P More to come...
It has been a wonderful wonderful week overall thoguh with only some small hiccups , the always have to be ones! Well but who cares!
I love you wingies and i love my life with all the people who have been around this week!
Last week has been a terrific one and i wish to write about it a bit...
Last week was marked by the quizes ending first of all. Then it was a full day of time pass and getting back to work. Have not slept for 4 nights in a row. Well, it was partly for assignments, partly for fart sessions, and the remaining for i dont know what!!!
There were these endless discussions for room allotment, the discussions turning quite hot, almost to the point of fighting and some leaving the wing too! Finally, all of us pulled it off with all 18 of us moving together next year. Its going to be really great time in 4th year with almost all of us ready to give up and have fun!
Then the never ending discussions and arguments about Sachin's future and stuff. Most of it totally unnecessary but still...
Have been alloted my 3rd choice in mess, with all my wingmates at a different mess. Myself have been at that mess for the last 3 months too. Anyways, the new mess seems good and i always go with friends at night to somewhere im not allowed to as the guys in that mess know me well already. A bit beimani, chalta hai... :P
Have been getting tense over the F slot assignment, then the A slot coming assignments, and have to find out about B slot. DP is finally over and im on cloud 9 that i dont have to submit any more of that Bull shit!
Just left with one presentation for DP and then the pain will be over for this sem. I HATE DP.
Then this week was marked by some really nice things between the long lost friends.
Spoke with Namu finally, and spoke well too! Was so nice to talk to her after, 6 mnths??!! :O
Then met Aquila after a long long time and she is fun!
Have been going out on walks almost every night with Siva and Cycle. Getting to know Cycle in a much different and simpler way! Its so much fun to hang out at odd hours of night at arbit places and just talk talk talk! Looking forward to more such fart sessions in the last month, well all of us like walking at night it seems!
The long awaited treat from Gera, Botter and Setia got over yesterday and i hope i can write down about the amazing treat sometime soon! Well, we havent paid CCD 500 bucks still i guess! :P More to come...
It has been a wonderful wonderful week overall thoguh with only some small hiccups , the always have to be ones! Well but who cares!
I love you wingies and i love my life with all the people who have been around this week!
Monday, April 2, 2007
TNR post :P
Yesterday was quite a normal day.
Woke up early according to Sunday standards, 8 AM compared to 1 PM every Sunday!! Did the much postponed Design Project work, then some mug puts for sometime. Then spoke with mom and sis for quite some time. Felt nice. Then grubbed. Then the totally useless wing discussion on room allotment. Then a quick nap and tea. Then mug puts for sometime. Meanwhile chatted with some old friends, had bath (hehe) and washed all the clothes waiting for their bath too. Evening Samosa Chat at Guru. After grub it was more wing discussions. Finally room allotment done, whole wing shifting together. 19 guys together!!! Actually, thats really nice! :) My room number is 256 next year.
Then CCD lukha, then DCH, then some farting here and there at 3 30 AM today :P
Then doing assignment now, kind of skeptical to write the code actually as i know either my algo is perfectly correct (yeyeyeye) or totally wrong (sadsadsadsad)...have i understood the problem really?! Dont know... ! Quite a long code its going to become from the looks of it. Just waiting to confirm from the prof and then might code actually.
Sleepy now, but have a class at 9. Cant wake up if i sleep :(
lets see...
Quite an arbit post i agree :P
Woke up early according to Sunday standards, 8 AM compared to 1 PM every Sunday!! Did the much postponed Design Project work, then some mug puts for sometime. Then spoke with mom and sis for quite some time. Felt nice. Then grubbed. Then the totally useless wing discussion on room allotment. Then a quick nap and tea. Then mug puts for sometime. Meanwhile chatted with some old friends, had bath (hehe) and washed all the clothes waiting for their bath too. Evening Samosa Chat at Guru. After grub it was more wing discussions. Finally room allotment done, whole wing shifting together. 19 guys together!!! Actually, thats really nice! :) My room number is 256 next year.
Then CCD lukha, then DCH, then some farting here and there at 3 30 AM today :P
Then doing assignment now, kind of skeptical to write the code actually as i know either my algo is perfectly correct (yeyeyeye) or totally wrong (sadsadsadsad)...have i understood the problem really?! Dont know... ! Quite a long code its going to become from the looks of it. Just waiting to confirm from the prof and then might code actually.
Sleepy now, but have a class at 9. Cant wake up if i sleep :(
lets see...
Quite an arbit post i agree :P
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