To put is simple, 2011 was awesome! It was a prologue to the beginning of a new chapter in my life.
Dec 31, 2010 11:59 PM : I was awake just like many others in the city waiting to wish my friends a happy new year, update statuses on Facebook etc., I was just a student who was likely to become an Engineer by 2012 among at least 3,50,000 engineers India produces every year.
Jan 1 , 2011 00:05 AM : So, now 2011 was officially born and I have a year ahead of me to look forward to. To be honest little did I have the idea that come September, 2011 my status would change from being 'unemployed' to 'To be employed soon'.
2011 - A Recap
January to April : Bleed Blue !
The first month of the new year started a little slow with hectic schedules in college and exams. But being in India one thing is assured, you will have cricket match throughout the year. However, this wasn't an ordinary tournament. It was ICC World Cup, 2011. Not starting as sure shot winners, India went on to clinch its first world cup after 1983 on April 2, 2011. The victory was dedicated to Sachin Tendulkar (the best cricket player ever). I truly enjoyed watching India's performance.
April to May : Birth of Lokpal protests and Birthday
Cricket being a religion in India always united people. But immediately after the world cup was over something new and unexpected emerged that united the whole of India. It was a 75 year old man named Anna Hazare who led the protest to bring a bill called Lokpal to tackle corruption in India. The whole country was amazed to see the public response to the campaign. The political class in India went on cold feet. But we didn't know that whatever protest happens Lokpal Bill won't get passed, at least in 2011.
May 20 - Had one of the memorable birthday with my friends! :) Really happy to have great friends.
June : Step into Senior year!
This was month of rigorous training for placement drives that was expected to come in the month of September. One such interesting training was provided by FACE and a mam from CTS!
July to August : Tour and Technical Symposium
This two months have been the most memorable months in my entire college life, perhaps to many of my friends.
Tour
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An integral part of one's college life is having serious fun. And whats more interesting than spending a week together with all of your classmates? We went to Kerala - God's own country. :) Officially called Industrial visit, this tour was great! Munnar was mesmerizing and travelling with friends was absolute fun. Even rain couldn't stop us from enjoying. Several troubled relationships got united and even cracks emerged between few people. After all those are elements of any tour!
Technical Symposium
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Even before going to the tour, the one thing which we planned were to host a National Level Technical Symposium on behalf of our college. It was scheduled on August 11 and 12th. Everyone of us got busy with some works. I basically became the 'Technical Head' for it. In fact I designed my first major website for it along with my friend Santhosh Kumar. (http://www.cyborgs2k11.com/) the link will cease to exist after June 2012. As a remembrance I am posting a screenshot of it below.
The website was basically written in PHP, HTML 5 and My SQL for backend. It allowed me to explore those technologies. Apart from it I organised the Bug Buster (Debugging) event and wrote an interface to conduct an online examination for the same. :) It was during this time I met a Geeknamed Muthu Ganapathy (a Junior student of our college). I was kind of inspired by his sincerity and dedication.
September : A major milestone!
September 5, 8:30 PM - It was really a day to cherish. I got placed in Tata Consultancy Services, a leading IT firm in India. A truly emotional moment to call my mom and dad to say that I got placed in a Company. :) In fact that night, a voice in me said that what you have learnt is less. You got a lot to achieve and learn. After all 'Known is a drop and unknown is an ocean'. That night went on to become a driving force in deciding my future plans.
October to November : Exams
No one in Indian Education System can escape the fear of Exams. And I am no exception. It was the last major semester exams that needs to be cleared in order to guarantee a degree. The penultimate semester took the best out of me to learn a hell lot of portions within a short span of time. Barring the Digital Signal Processing, everything went fine. Hope the first week of 2012 gives me a good news about that paper. ;) One good friend of mine met with an accident during this time. It was our long time plan to do a project together but unfortunately that would not happen. I pray for his good health and speedy recovery.
December : Project
Now as I write this article, I am currently given the opportunity to do my project at Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute. This entire month I have been busy with that work. And I hope to successfully complete my work by March of 2012.
2012 - A new Beginning!
Well I am sure that I am gonna see a lot in 2012. In fact its going to be a turning point in my life. Lots of challenges ahead and I am looking forward to meet those. From this year I have got to fully stand on my own without much support from my parents which takes me to the next phase of life.
I wish you all a Happy and a Successful 2012! Keep smiling. :)
Regards,
Vivek Venkatesh G
PS: Hope there is a 2013 and I update my blog on Dec 31, 2012...:P
