Reign of Uncertainty

I am sorry to inform you that...

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:29:00 +0000

This blog is dead. and reborn. http://www.pulzkit.wordpress.com/

For You I Bleed Myself Dry.

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:32:00 +0000

Coldplay - Yellow
Uploaded by Hakunamatata67 - Music videos, artist interviews, concerts and more.

They couldn't have spent more than 10 bucks on this, and yet its one of the most beautiful videos ever made.

The song doesn't really mean anything. Its you who gives it meaning.

Read on.

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:19:00 +0000

Well, New Zealand at last.

Warning(s): This post is gonna be big. No media, only good ol' text. Good thing my chair is comfy.
This post will also be self-centered. Too much is happening in my own life right now for me to care about others'.
This post is a spur of the moment thing, so there is no specific layout. I have barely convinced myself to keep
blogging (repeatedly) and i swear, if i dont get atleast 3 comments here within a couple of days then I am gonna
quit doing this.

To begin with, I have barely gotten here, reeling from a terrible board result and repeated denials from schools for admission, right till the hour before the flight. Come on, i gave three interviews in three different schools and prepared applications through the night. Tough times.

I got admission in the three where they actually cared to interview me and the rest rejected me on the basis of board percentage alone. Let's see what happens, but the school i wanted most has refused me, and i still resent that sometimes. (read: punching a wall)

Boarding the plane was surprisingly easy this time, due to the experience we(me and my parents) had gathered from the last trip, and the various upgrades IGI airport has gone through. In fact, Thailand's airport, which was a nightmare last time due to its size and language barrier (even the pilot barely speaks english :D) was a breeze this time. Won't go into details, but the food still sucked (read frozen prawns and funny smelling lentils).

We got to Auckland on June 4. Light sunlight, great weather. Another way Auckland is better than Apni Dilli, although for no fault of its own.

Since then, we have just been taking it easy and making short trips. We explored New Zealand to quite an extent last time, and ow that my brother has got his own place, its been much more cosy. (or is it cozy? correct me if i am wrong)

Now that we've spent a week here, here's exactly what Ihave done:
1. Gone playing pool and bowling in the dead of the night.
2. Bought and sold 6 cars (Let me explain. Here's what my brother does: He buys used cars on the internet and gets them all fixed up, and sells them to someone else at a profit. Its a simple, efficient business, much easier if you have good social skills)
3. Ride shotgun in a mercedes going at 247km/h.
4. Finished Cryis and Bioshock on my bro's high end computer.
5. Gotten into a feud with my parents over calling my brother "insert bad word here"
6. Ride pillion on a Kawasaki Ninja going at 216km/h. (Believe me, its nothing like you can ever imagine. You have to hold on whoever's riding for dear life, literally. Thinking of making a video. Unbelievable, believe me.)

I am currently sitting in the computer space of The University of Auckland, typing away while my brother studies in the library. Its gonna sound like i am just exaggerating it, but this is the best university i have been to. Forget IIT and its puny little sisters, once you come here, you wont like going back.

The bike is how i got here, and i am dreading sitting on it again. Lets hope i manage to hang on.

Big wave to everyone back home, if they are reading this, which is highly unlikely, because this blog has a lower visit frequency than a frozen cave in Bolivia. Probably even lower than the cave's treasure room's.

Bye for now.

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Sat, 09 May 2009 08:19:00 +0000

He walks alone.

He walks to his home, one that will stop being his place of residence soon, but will always be the place where his heart resides.

And suddenly, a battered Maruti screeches behind him, and bathes him in harsh light. He turns around while covering his eyes, but is too tired to confront the driver.

But then, that very moment, something he saw made it all worth it.

He turns around again, and sees this picture.

And he smiles. All the pain he felt is gone.

Craziness. Pure Craziness.

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:06:00 +0000

Another symptom of insanity : Walking through a traffic jam with a camera shooting you. Sort of an artistic call of the conscience, if you will.

Pulzkit's Wallpaper Day

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Wed, 06 May 2009 08:59:00 +0000

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Yes, Mlik Man!

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:30:00 +0000

Recently watched two remarkable movies : Milk, and Yes Man.

Milk: You have probably heard of it. The story of the first openly gay elected member of an American public office, Harvey Milk.
the movie, as expected was skillfully made. What I hate about historicals is the way they cut through many parts of the protagonist's life without actually depicting the finer nuances in detail, just so they can accommodate a larger amount of information. Milk, surprisingly, doesn't do that. It shows every part of Milk's life in complete detail, which only increases its richness.

Homophobic people should stay away from this one, just as a warning.

Yes Man: This was quite a laugh. Story about a man who tries to turn his lonely, sad life around by promising himself to say 'YES' to every question he is asked. It feels like a rerun of Liar Liar and Bruce Almighty, but watchable nevertheless.

Thats all for now.

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:28:00 +0000

Before beginning, i'll point out that I will be writing in simple, metaphor-less, wisecrack-lacking english. Also, lots of brackets. If that irritates you, let me know. The reason for this is sheer exhaustion.

Today was supposed to be our big concert. (It wasn't a concert really, but our attempt at putting together a watchable gig)

The performance itself went rather well (video below). The vocals went okay, (except that MS's microphone went bad, but come on, in a school where an attempt is made to save money in every situation, that didn't surprise me) nobody's guitar went kaput, no drums were smashed, and no lights fell on our heads (believe me, it has happened).

After Boulevard of Broken Dreams, we moved on to the second song, We will Rock You. We chose the song mainly because its popular, and we needed crowd support.

Anyway, the song went...okay. With a couple of fumbles, and a botched solo at the end, in which our bass guitarist went crazy and intervened on our electric guitarist's part.

Result : Last place.
Everybody, including us, believed we would be making 1st or 2nd.
As it turns out, the "jury" (which consisted of hokey old conservative board members, who probably think rock music shouldn't exist) disqualified us because .................*wait for it*...........................................we said "You got mud on your face, You big disgrace". Wow, how dare we say mud, and disgrace in front of the school? Such profanity! Cover your ears, little children!!

Frankly, I am tired of this crap. Last year my house team was put down two places, because they sang "Breaking the Law", which gave the "wrong message" to such "disciplined children".

I can rant more, but whats the effing point? The result isn't gonna change, and this has only made me eager to leave JKPS.

I have uploaded the video on Tube, and although you can't see our faces (zoomed video), I am on the acoustic guitar and vocals, MS is on vocals (although you can barely hear him because his mike isn't working ; hate you Dhansingh, you asshole) Shreyas, the curly haired idiot, who covers me now and then is on bass, and Pawan is on electric guitar on the far right.

The video is below. Hope you have time to watch it.

P.S. I succumbed to the pressure of studies today as well. Went ahead and gave the admission test for Brilliant Tutorials, even though I pledged to spend XIth standard developing talents. Sad day, today. Sad.

IQ.

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:57:00 +0000

I just took an IQ test. Here's the result:

Your IQ Score is: 136

Your mind's strengths allow you to think ahead of the game — to imagine or anticipate what should come next in just about any situation. Because you're equally skilled in the numerical and verbal universes of the brain, you can draw from multiple sources of information to come up with great ideas. The timelessness of your vision and the balance between your various skills are what make you a Visionary Philosopher.

In addition to your strengths in math and linguistics, you have a knack for matching and anticipating patterns. These skills and your uncanny ability to detect the underlying blueprint of most of life's situations add to your Visionary Philosopher mind. Two philosophers who share the same combination of skills you possess are Plato and Benedict Spinoza. Spinoza had insight into how things worked in the world. He could envision a future based on the patterns he saw in life, and used mathematical logic as a structure within which to present his philosophical arguments. With that base he was able to use logic to formulate his theories. Borrowing from his linguistic strengths he wrote eloquent texts and, therefore, was able to bring his philosophical ideas and structure to the rest of the world. His story exemplifies the talents that are present in the Visionary Philosopher intellectual type.

Whatever you decide to do in life, you've got a powerful mix of skills and insight that can be applied in a wide variety of ways. You can expand your mind to understand a situation. Your strong balance of math and verbal skills will help you explain things to others. For example, if you were on an archaeological dig and discovered an object, you could probably use your deductive powers to figure out not only what the object was but also how it was used. Given your ability to put things together, you are more than capable of inventing a life plan that is in sync with your perspective on how things were, how they are, and how they might be one day.

Naaice.

Taken from TestQ.com. Finished the test in 5 minutes.

Pulzkit's Wallpaper Day - 2

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:58:00 +0000

There ya go, 4 more images.

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Oh, Cool!

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:48:00 +0000

See what i found.

If you search for Foo fighters on facebook, I am the first guy to turn up. Yay!

Its O-V-E-R!

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:06:00 +0000

Suddenly, the air is purer and the water is sweeter.
I don't remember how many aspirins I popped, or how many all-nighters I pulled, but its over.

ITS OVER!!!

After the examination, we all went for a lil trip. Will be uploading pics soon.

Pulzkit's Wallpaper Day.

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:38:00 +0000

On every Wednesday from now on, I'll be providing you blokes with 4 beautiful backgrounds. I haven't made them, of course, but I have sourced them for your convenience.

And how do you like the theme? Its still a little under construction though. Needed a lot of editing.

March 3o. Here I come!!

Goodies!

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:02:00 +0000

Nobody's probably gonna read this, and i don't even know if i should be writing this. Middle of my boards, remember? Anyway, this will only take a minute.

My uncle brought me some early presents from my brother in New Zealand. So, despite the risk of looking self-obsessed, here they are :

1. Nokia N95 8gb.

2. My Favourite drink ever, Ginger Beer. (Its Indian version sucks. Don't drink it)

3. Basketball. Ha.

Win Seven

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:46:00 +0000

Quickie post to show you something cool. Download the executable from the link below and run it. See what it does to your computer's GUI.

Don't Worry, its nothing dangerous. The name is pretty much self explanatory.

Windows Seven Remix

Plus, if task manager CPU usage is anything to go by, it doesn't hog resources, as it is only using the normal system files.

XP only.

Expressions Of a Woman.

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:20:00 +0000

61101 [], originally uploaded by pulzrocks.

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Role Models

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:25:00 +0000

Amitabh Bachchan : Mr. Pulkit, before we play Kaun Banega Crorepati, would you like to tell us your idols, your role models, your source of inspiration?
Pulkit: You sure you wanna know?
AB: Whats that supposed to mean?
P: Well, brace yourself.

Aamir Khan
A.R Rahman
Denzel Washington
Danny Boyle
Quentin Tarantino
Bill Gates
Shahrukh Khan
Clint Eastwood
Steve Jobs
Amitabh Bachchan
Farhan Akhtar
Jimmy Kimmel
Morgan Freeman
Barack Obama
Sabeer Bhatia
Billy Joel
Javed Akhtar
John F Kennedy
Marlon Brando
Omprakash Mehra
Abhay Deol
Uma Thurman
Michael Madsen
Guy Ritchie
Leonardo Di Caprio
Madonna
David Jaffe
Al Pacino
Robert De Niro
Will Wright
Johnny Depp
Dave Grohl
Catherine Hepburn
Sean Connery
Sachin Tendulkar
Neil Patrick Harris
Alex Ferguson
Francis Coppola
Don Bradman
Matthew Perry
Michael Mann
Colin Farell
Wayne Brady
Ryan Stiles
Colin Mochrie
Beatles
Beach Boys
Ray Charles
Robin Williams
Alec Baldwin
Hideo Kojima
Tina Fey
Paul Newman
Konrad Zuse
Matt Damon
Oprah Winfrey
George Clooney
Tim Burton
Christian Bale
Chris Rock
Martin Scorsese
Russel Crowe
JRD Tata
Boman Irani
Julia Roberts
Rubin Carter
Muhammad Ali
Tom Hanks
Benjamin Franklin
Walt Disney
Davy Crockett
Shigeru Miyamoto
Mahatma Gandhi
Nikola Tesla
Ravindra Jadeja
John Travolta
Raghu Ram
Naseerudin Shah
Lisa Kudrow
Al Gore
Henry Ford
Winston Churchill
Lorne Michaels
Da Vinci
Jay Leno
Christopher Walken
Mel Gibson
Alan Rickman
Will Smith
Tiger Woods
Anil Kapoor
Anoushka Shankar
Daniel Craig
Tommy Lee Jones
Adam Sandler
Robert Downey Jr.
Ben Stiller
Euclid
Frank Sinatra
Don Cheadle
J.K. Rowling
and Adam and Eve, because they started it all off.

*HORN*

AB: Well, Pulkit, due to your rather….candid description, our show is over. And since it’s the last show of the season, you’re gonna go home empty handed.
Pulkit: Oh well. Nice to meet you.

Photofair and Automall Expo

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:38:00 +0000

Went to PhotoFair and Auto Mall Expo today. Had some fun....... Pics below. Click to enlarge.

They have Imacs!!!

Your Desktop never looked this cool. Admit it.

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:16:00 +0000

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Hard Hitting Cinema

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:08:00 +0000

Now, I have never liked mainstream bollywood movies. Yes, its great fun with friends, but very few of them do not drip with cheese (if you are not familiar with that term, ask me). These films are realistic, with no dancing around trees or cliched dialogues. Here are 5 movies in the last 2-3 years that can actually compete with the hollywood movies in terms of quality. They are the ones that have a lasting effect on our thinking.

Johnny Gaddar - Watched it a while ago. Very impressive crime thriller.

Rang De Basanti - Well, all of us have watched this. But it still remains one of the most influential indian movies in the last 5 years.

A Wednesday - Mind blowing dialogue. Watch it for Naseerudin Shah.

Oye Lucky Lucky Oye - The story of a 'superchor'. Awesome soundtrack and cinematography.

Khosla Ka Ghosla - My personal favourite. Hilarious story of a middle class family losing their property to a shark, and then getting it back.

And this is the last post for me before the Boards. Thats March 30. Adieu.

And Happy New Years. Phoolo Phallo!

Chips Junkie.

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:51:00 +0000

For the record, I love chips/balls/puffs/anything crispy.

Here is my favourite:

Anyway, everybody, tell me your favourites in the comments section.

Say hello!

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:17:00 +0000

So. I just got my new sennheisers. My old panasonic headphones broke down, which I'll be giving away to someone. Check out this beaut!

Access Denied

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:40:00 +0000

Hello. Hello?
We (me and my teammate Manmeet) participated in Access, Modern school, Barakhamba road's annual computer symposium on 16th and 17th of December. And I am SAD.

Really, really SAD. Because after working for this for more than an year, I don't have anything to show for it. We made it to the finals among 55+ teams in DPS R.K puram and came 4th. Then, we beat everyone in the prelims in Access, and then come 4th again in the finals. Not 5th or 6th, but 4th. As if God is playing some kind of game with me. Just one place away from ecstasy.

This sucks. It really does.

Awesome.

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:29:00 +0000

All nighters.

pulzrocks@yahoo.com (Pulzkit) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:51:00 +0000

You see, I am the kind of guy who gets the job done, no matter what. And that is why, I am familiar with the Holy Grail of all nerds - The All Nighter. Its when you are up all night, just doing what you have to do : study or work. Here are some tips for people like me who cannot study in the day, and hence, study from 10pm to 8am :

1. Get some cola. Or anything with fizz. A lot of fizz. Drink it every hour to fight sleepiness. Black coffee helps as well.

2. I recommend staying in a room without a computer or a TV. They might look innocent, but in reality, they can tempt you into wasting your time. Do not succumb!

3. Whenever you feel sleepy, do one of the following:
a.Slap yourself. Very effective.
b.Punch the wall. Hard.
c.Wash your eyes. Lame.
d.Put your head in the fridge for 10 seconds. Tried and tested.

4. In winters like now, don't get in the blanket. Wear socks and sit up. Kinda obvious.

And mind you, I am not joking. This can be vital to people in board classes, like me, whose future depends on their will power. Don't give up, soldiers.