I am almost there, for those of you who are interested I found a job at a not-so-big company here in the bay area. Will be starting work in a couple of days. Let's see how it goes.

You know what? Nothing's happening in life. A change in place didn't help me much, I follow the same routine that I followed back in Bloomies, except for the workout ofcourse. I loved the gym at IU, it was soooooo good (for the equipment and the ambience ;-)
Watched the lakers getting pasted today, what a pathetic show or may be the Pistons are a better team than I thought they were. But I hate the fact that KG isn't in the finals. I am biiiiiiiig fan.
Me and Anna play Cricket on the weekends for 30 minutes or so in a parking garage, not much fun but we are such Cricket buffs!
I sooo badly want to watch Shrek 2, but I don't have anyone to go with.

I now officially hold a Master of Science Degree in Computer Science, don't know what good this is going to do to me, but I must say, the past 2 years have been tough and enlightening at the same time. I came here for the experience and I guess I got more than I had bargained for. I recommend an MS for every computer science student.

Quite a few things happened in the past 2 weeks, in addition to the mad rush of the finals week, something totally unexpected happened on the personal front. A friend is going through a marraige crisis, but there is nothing I can do to help. It's kind of sad when arranged marraiges go this way. Whom do you blame? The parents or the evil-husband, especially when you consider the fact that this friend was in love with someone else but was forced to marry a guy of her parents' choice? Gotto love life for all the ironies.

My laptop is screwing up, it's one of the things I hate most in this world, I wish I could afford to break it to bits (yeah 1s and 0s), but a poor Graduate student (I don't have a job yet mind you) can't afford such luxury :-/

M$ seems to be interviewing quite a few people around me, but not me obviously, actually same is the case with a lot of other companies. It's quite thought-provoking when you consider the fact that all that the companies get to look at is my Resume, if could even look at my face and reject me, that'd not be a surprise, but what do they see in my Resume that makes them hate me? :-(

Have been practising code (every now and then, the ratio of time spent watching TV to the time spent on working being 1000:1).

Hate all these glum blogs that I keep writing but can't seem to help it. What can I do if all the news I have is depressing?

I truly truly believe in the saying that Ignorance is a bliss. People who sleep for 20hours a day get admissions, while I get rejected.

I heard back from MS today, they asked me to sod off. It was the kind of reply that I was expecting but if anyone can completely and absolutely erase hope, regardless of how hopeless the situation is, please let me know.

I am a complete wreck, feel like going away to some far off place. I call home and they keep questioning me about what I am going to do next. I said 'I will let you know as soon as I know what I am going to do'. That makes sense doesn't it. I belive it's my mistake, I try to not let them know how badly I am doing, but somehow my tongue slipped and I told them the truth (I guess that was because I was feeling miserable and had to tell somebody that I was down and out)

If things continue to go the way they are going and I am sure that's how they are going to go), I might end up working for SeethaMahaLaxmi Software Company in some obscure part of Hyderabad.

Hats off to the Indian Cricket team though, they finally managed to win a Test series.

Much better off without the memories. :-)
I chatted with Pratyush this morning. It's been 5 years since I last saw him. He is doing well. Tells me he has been to Kazhakistan (hope I got the spelling right), that must have been exciting.

Not doing well is Prashanth. Although I kind of know the answer, how I can avoid thinking about how good it'd be if I got a positive response from MS (not that M$ silly)
5 out of 10 have jobs already, and good jobs at that. I hate answering questions that everyone around is asking me, this state is bad enough and you have people asking you what you are going to do after you graduate. I wish I knew what I am going to do after I graduate.

I went to Big Apple for a day, it wasn't a productive trip but I fell in love with Manhattan, what a place! I wish I had a couple of friends with me. I feel like kicking myself for the way I performed at the interview, it is hard to understand how I could done so badly. Haven't had any more interview calls, Nithya has a call from MS, I am sure she'd do well. I am back to my dozen-applications-a-day routine. I envy Ephrim's position, he doesn't have a thing to worry about for the next 3 months atleast, but that's probably because he worked his a** off the past 2 years unlike me.

I see some people work with such determination on things like their resume that it scares me. I just can't seem to understand how a person can have such focus and dedication, scares the sh** out of me :-( and ofcourse gives me a complex. Ignorance is definitely a bliss. Submitted my application today to Sherry, I still need to provide the references (which is the harder part). Why does everyone ask for references? If you apply for 10 jobs, and need to provide 2 references (some even ask for 3) for each job application, how can you expect your Professor to provide you with so many reference letters, after all they have a life of their own. This sounds sooooo stupid or may be I shouldn't be applying to so many places then.

I will be pitching myself for something really important today. This is something I should have done a while ago but the idiot that I am, I was hesitant :-( I hope it goes Ok, I am totally nervous right now. Nihar got a interview call. I applied to the same company a while ago but haven't gotten any response, seems to me there is something really really wrong with me. I have always known this but I don't know what exactly is wrong :-(

I was so well prepared (or so I thought) for the Algos exam, and I thought it had gone well, too well actually. Now that I know how badly I have done I hope I can manage to get a B+ :-( Things have not been going well in the other big project as well, I received quite some thrashing over the last 2 days for being stupid, when will I learn? For a while I felt like quitting but I don't have much choice, so I am trying to brush the past 2 days away and continue as if nothing has happened.

What a hectic day! Work seems to be piling up and there are so many things to do other than work. I wish I could go away on a trip or something. I can't wait for the Spring break to begin.