Drafted May 29th '10

If you are thinking I am 50, no I am not! Then what does the title relate to? :)

Like I said here, three years ago, how I begun to click owning Canon S3 IS. I pestered my teammates to pose for me and they were generous enough who always had a cheerful smile. :)

For more than an year, I was sketching to upgrade to a DSLR. After much confusion and hesitation to decide on the camera and lens. Finally, became a proud owner of Canon 50D, today. Thanks to peevee and A~ who accompanied to Foto Circle and spend hours together at the ever crowded shop.



Now, again like a fresher I am waiting for my salary to be credited after an account clean sweep. ;) ***cough cough***

Yet, on the greener side of 50. :D


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Y2k is a very special and a memorable year. The reason being:

I stepped out of the school with flying colors and entered a PU college. I also got an opportunity to fight with my dad that I would not take up *PCM"B" as an optional since I had hated and even now hate Di-section/killing cock roaches. You shouldn't blame or even scold me if I flunk in Biology. :D And landed into a *PCM"Cs" class learning "What is a computer, PASCAL ....." :) I still have the notes!

I got a chance to create my first email id using rediff.com which offered 2MB Inbox storage. A cousin who was newly wed and flew to US would send loads of photos often which I would store in a 1.44MB floppy disk and clear the inbox from flooding. ;) I still use rediffmail.

You should start preparing for II PU exams, book for tuitions and CET exams when you are still in I PU. The whole class would accompany you in bunking during II PU classes which eases the lectures job. You would study the tuition notes religiously without even bothering to check the text books. Language classes like English, Sanskrit are taken for granted unless your English faculty is a good looking lady with an excellent command. ;)

Last but not the least, I miss summer vacations. :(


*PCMB => Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology.

*PCMCs => Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science.

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It has been a month that my dear laptop with whom I spend wonderful moments of connecting to you all is going on continuous shutdown, forcing me to login Safe mode with networking with minimal features.

Initially, I guessed it was a problem with Microsoft Vista operating system I came across a discussion on this forum.

Today, installed Windows 7 Operating system and yet my laptop shuts down after half an hour.

RAM is perfect. I am clueless, what to do! :(

Edited on 29th June:

Thanks for all your valuable inputs. My lappie is perfectly working. The issue was dust accumulation. :)


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My laptop is going for continuous shut down. I find the following messages in the Application Log. Current Operating System is Windows Vista.

Any pointers to this issue would help.

Activation context generation failed for "C:\Windows\Installer\{67E03279-F703-408F-B4BF-46B5FC8D70CD}\WksWP.exe". Dependent Assembly msadctls,processorArchitecture="x86",type="win32",version="1.0.1801.0" could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis.


Event filter with query "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99" could not be reactivated in namespace "//./root/CIMV2" because of error 0x80041003. Events cannot be delivered through this filter until the problem is corrected.



The COM+ Event System detected a bad return code during its internal processing. HRESULT was 8007043c from line 45 of d:\vistasp1_gdr\com\complus\src\events\tier1\eventsystemobj.cpp. Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services to report this error.

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It has been close to four years that I have been commuting to Electronics City via Hosur Road. Initially, even before joining the company, the message on orkut was "Ready to rock n roll at ... ". Now I feel, it is the other way, "Rolling over the rocks", due to the time taken to reach the office, spending long hours at office. I, sometimes, wonder when the place Bangalore can be changed to Bengaluru then why not change Hosur to Holasuru ?

For those who are not aware of Hosur Road or never commuted, please do visit once a lifetime. It would make your journey to office, a memorable one indeed!

PS: Holasu in Kannada means "dirty", ooru means "city". :)

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April 8, 2008:
Bought myself a 1 year Flickr Pro Account for unlimited photo upload. Being photography obsessed, uploaded every possible photo I clicked, be it good or bad. I, constantly, submitted few snaps to various groups on flickr and received positive feedback and a great scope for improvement.

April 8, 2009:
No longer photo enthusiastic. Lost in my own world of work! Damn. Flickr pro account expires and I don't care to renew it either.

April 8, 2010:
Slow migration from flickr to facebook pages. It is much easier to maintain a photo set at a single site and have a huge fan followers. ;)


I am lost thinking I would upgrade my gear to a DSLR; visit new places and revisit the old ones, click 'em with a brand new lens as never before. How I wish I would get back to flickr!!!

Do visit my facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/manasa-photography/241583639839

My photo-blog: http://colorful-moments.blogspot.com/ Not updated any more.

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A beautiful ad on Youtube. Must watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-8PBx7isoM

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Drafted 15-Mar-09

Author Mitch Albom

Pages 192

ISBN 9780767905923

Category Non-fiction

Few teachers not only teach you the lesson prescribed in the syllabus but also teach the secrets of leading a better life.

Morrie Schwartz was a professor at a college where Mitch Albom, the author of this book graduated. Morrie, affected by disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerasis(ALS) is well aware of the fact that his counting days are near and he would live for a short duration of another five years. He wants to make best utilization of the time. Morrie also organizes a "living" funeral inviting his close friends and mourns for himself. Strange, isn't it?

In the book, Mitch has interviewed several grieving family members, attended funerals. But he had never seen as Morrie cried. The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love and let it come in. We are so much indulged in work that we forget how small things matter.
Mitch soon realizes that he has everything in life but something is missing. While eating, he had never realized how the food tasted - if it was good or bad.

Mitch unexpectedly meets Morrie whose lower body had been paralysed. Morrie, though, survives with the help of others is full of life and one could never make out the fear of death from his expression. Morrie prepares himself strong to face death. The professor and the student decide to meet every Tuesday. They spend time discussing the secret behind the happiness.

On first Tuesday, they talk about the world.

On second Tuesday, they speak about feeling sorry for yourself.

On third Tuesday, they talk about teachers.

On fourth Tuesday, they talk about death.

On fifth Tuesday, they talk about family.

On sixth Tuesday, they talk about emotions.

On seventh Tuesday, they talk about the fear of aging.

On eighth Tuesday, they talk about money.

On ninth Tuesday, they talk about love.

On tenth Tuesday, they talk about marriage.

On eleventh Tuesday, they talk about culture.

On twelfth Tuesday, they talk about forgiveness.

On thirteenth Tuesday, they talk about the perfect day.

On fourteen Tuesday, they bid good-bye.

Yet they continue to meet on every Tuesday. Death ends a life, not a relationship.

"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." - Henry Adams.

My rating: 4/5
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