Memoirs of a mysterious mind - Part#1.

Mind is supremely powerful.Half the game is won if the mind game is focused. I was amazed by certain traits of the human mind that deserve some attention. One of my friends who is active with the Art of living organization told me
- "Mind pretty much either broods about the past or worries about the future.It forgets the present! Our lives can be so different if we can focus at the present cause it is only the present moment that we can change. Past is gone and the future is unknown!..

One of the most common states for our mind is the angry mind. Anger is an extremely useful tool for a human being.It captures our emotions under a myraid of situations ranging from
emotional insult to physical injury.It plays its role in shaping relationships or severing them for ever. All the outcomes of anger depend on what caused it , who caused it and when it was caused.?? So our memory constantly reminds us about those anger inducing causes.(To put it in scientific terms anger is causal!!)

Another manifestation of anger is either ruthless silence(remember mouna ragam mohan's character) or extreme emotions.People who have learned the art of anger management have used it as successful tool to shape their lives.For instance, I have rarely seen Sachin Tendulkar get angry or emotional in expression ( in response to verbal assaults from the opposition). He is mostly unruffled and importatly never thinks those are meant for him. Instead the opposition team bears the brunt of the onslaught from the master blaster. He uses his anger as a tool to focus on the game better and play some mindblowing cricket. Instead of shouting back verbally he decided to reply in action.

An important fact is that an angry person becomes inaccessbile to reasoning and infact shuts himself/herself out to external ideas/influences.This is probably why we have often heard people say-"I did this when I was angry and I should probably have not done/said that". In addition to galvanizing oneself to external ideas the angry mind fails to look at the other side of the coin. It is so engrossed at looking the faulty side of things.The following situation might probably capture this better!!

A certain X and Y are good friends(stay in different places and yap on the phone often). Y calls X and they start a conversation. (X is probably waking up getting ready for a filled up calender for the day ahead and that is running is his head). X says something to Y (over the phone) that annoys Y. Y really thinks X made an improper statement(let us assume it was like "I am on a tight schedule here and I will call you back later in the day" or say "I am busy now.I will call you later" or say "Hey I am busy here I will call you soon"...Literally something to end the conversation for now and get ahead with work at hand!!.

But then the prospect of not being give the time that Y was expecting (during the call) gets Y angry.In fact the mind immediately picks this up as an insult and Y hangs up abruptly!!...X on the other side is kind of puzzled..(because X is yapping for sometime without realizing Y has already hung up!!)

X(thinks):Hmmm ....What did I say?? Why did Y hang up??
Y(thinks): How are people so rude?I don't want to talk....again to x!!

X : Calls Y .....try#1....The call is cut...try#2....call is cut...by Y
(by then X guesses something should be wrong with Y..But what has happened??)
X: Sends a text....and hopes Y would read it..!!

Now X decides to get on with work at hand and spend time on this later..!!

Probably a day later..X emails Y and gets a response,where Y explains and says 'I am still angry.You have not seen my real anger!!"(in addition of lot of other things!!)

X(thinks) - "whoa whoa...I did not mean what I said.It was just that you interpreted it incorrect!Tries to reason about the situation. Why on earth should somebody be proud of his/her anger??"

After a lot of back and forth talks/chats things do get settled down..But then....Y still is angry..!

There are a few things in this incident that is intriguing about the mind. Angry mind is galvanized to think - "My views are alone correct and I am not willing to listen to any reasoning against it". Secondly, an angry mind never lets a person look at the other side of coin. For instance, Y's angry mind never lets Y think - "Why did X make such a statement??.
Probably there was something happening at the other end that led to this??"

With most of our conversations now a days not being face to face, it is really more challenging to understand the real context of words.Phone/email are just replacements to real conversations and can never replace the conversations made looking at the listener(face to face).Only in actual conversations the listener will be able to gauge the emotional state of the speaker.That is probably also why we often say "I cant say this over the phone...Let us talk about this in person...."..

What I am trying to convey in this post are as follows:
- Phone conversations are tricky ones..So be clear and as far as possible choosy with words. Especially when talking to quick tempered friends. (You might think my friends/loved ones are the easiest to talk to..then why all this diplomacy??? If that is what you think..then all the best!!)
- If somebody hangs up on you.Don't bother calling them again. They are not going to pick the call anyways!
- Anger can most easily managed by taking things easy and probably talking through it.
- If you do not let somebody know why they angered you..Its imperative that you will be angry at them again!
- Angry mind thinks "Nobody knows how angry I can get???They have not really seen my real
anger.."
- Nobody wants to know how angry you can get cause they are not going to remember you for your anger. In fact they avoid you for your anger.
- Come on .. of all things on earth Anger is not something to be proud of!
- On the lighter side guys find gals beautiful when they get angry..(Based on popular statistics taken from movies and other reliable sources). So probably that is why guys are fine with gals getting angry..!

Probably thought this was a nice way to get back to blogging...

Question and Answers!

I thought I would in fact type in a few words here about a thing that continues to plague me.
As a person I might not be the most interesting person you would come across.Time and again I have come across people telling me that I am an introvert and haughty.People have told me that I am unapproachable(a serious personality) . So I would obviously not be the first choice if anybody(to be more precise a girl) in a party would want to talk to.Added to this I am not blessed with neither a great personality nor exceptional talent.

But when I ruminate about my short comings I kind of analysed a few things.I dont really take the initiative when it comes to talking to strangers.At the maximum it would just be a exchange of greetings and I would shut off.Moreover I kind of take a long time to get into interesting conversations with new people. Most of my close friends know me as a friendly,approachable and at times cheerful persona.But then looks like I take quite some time to throw off the facade of a fictious character that people relate me with initially.(atleast according to me!)

Many times I have seen that I tend not to make the first effort to go upfront and talk.This seems to be my personality...! Put me in a party then you would find me just observing people around and I would actuallytake quite a while to start some conversations going!Sometimes by the time the meeting or the party would come to a close..! This behaviour somehow from a third person stand point comes out as being haughty,rude or an introvert.Well I do respect these views and I am just working on how I carry myself aorund in public...But let me concede - changing some of your personality traits are quite a challenge!

Coming to the point of having a handsome personality .. ..Well I cannot do anything much about what I look cause I am what I am..WUSIWUG :)

Talent is one area again where I feel I have let myself down.I used to be good at hockey and playing a musical instrument.I was blessed with amazing parents who encouraged me to take up everyother extra curricular activity that I wanted to part of.But then I think I squandered those opportunites somewhere down the line compromising it with studies or work depending on the stage of my life.So thatz it about talent and things remain half baked.Jack of a few trades and master of none.

Added to this
I dont dance,dont drink and dont drive a stylish vehicle!
(I thought these would be the requirements for a modern day man!)

Now if you are still wondering why i wrote all this in my blog ??Oh the reason is just simple.I was just trying to reason out why I was still single(cause many of friends from time to time have intrigued me with these questions:

A: Machan enna machan set pannitiya??(Translated:Have you found somebody!?)
B: dai any luck with babes??
C: Enna da US poi enna da ennum single?(Translated: U are in US and u still single??)

and the list continues..

My Answer to all the above questions have been ....(C'mon is it so difficult to guess now??)
And the reasons are pretty clear!.. I am at times my own villian :)

I think there is no place for reserved slow startes in this fast paced world that we are living in!

I thought this was nice way to get back to blogging :)

Interesting Quotes !

IT is easier to FALL but Harder to rise - anonymous
The situation when this comment was made was quite intersting -during digital circuit design discussion!!I was just amzed by how well it fits into normal life!!

Always start with the end in sight - anonymous
This is also an interesting quote that came about during the logical effort thoery class..Again fits well into the macro world.

When HE speaks the women LISTEN
This is also intersting quote that insinuates at a few interesting aspects .!!
How true??How often you get Women to do LESS talking and more listening!!

Unfortunately there are NO silverbullets in LIFE - Anonymous
This was quote made by an interesting professor during the analog design class when a student was complaining about impossible design specifications to meet.

IF you get through my course you will suffer from insomnia!

Man is a sequential logic circuit - anonymous
This quote was made during the digital course to describe sequential circuits since they remember their previous state!

IT is TIME to FORGET the CLOCK - gus
Well I say this after reading a few articles on asynchronous circuit design.It would not be far away when we can have circuits that DO not need a clock..Indeed it is time to forget the CLOCK

Plan for the worst case to Win - anonymous
This quote was made during the corner case simuation required to verify a design!

There are 2 ways to solve a problem - find a solution or avoid the problem!

There are numerous easy ways to make - being an EE is NOT one of them !

Just remembered a few of them for this blog posting...
Will update newer ones as when I find interesting ones!

Signing off
gus!

Why is it called Bluetooth?
Harald Bluetooth was king of Denmark in the late 900s. He managed to unite Denmark and part of Norway into a single kingdom then introduced Christianity into Denmark. He left a large monument, the Jelling rune stone, in memory of his parents. He was killed in 986 during a battle with his son, Svend Forkbeard. Choosing this name for the standard indicates how important companies from the Nordic region (nations including Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland) are to the communications industry, even if it says little about the way the technology works.

Found this on the web..So thought would post it also on my blog..!!
I too had this same intriguing question.Why bluetooth?

Carpe Diem

ARRahman is bAck...
Well I am big fan of Isai Puyal ARR and I was not very happy with the tunes that he doled out for some time from 2004 to 2006.Then came the big break If I remember correct it was Rang De Basanti and I should say that he had found his touch.Actually Swades was pretty decent where he had scored 2 wonderful melodies.But still the AR magic was missing!!

Rang De basanti was the start I think where he managed to find new voices and may be reconfigured the BIOS in the songs :)THen the striking release for Rahman was Jillunu Oru Kadhal and Godfather which I should say were extremely well composed.I would rate Jillunu ORu Kadhal better than GOdfather cause in the former the music really gelled well with the story line.Godfather too had amazing songs but some how I left Jillinu was better!

The beauty of the songs in Jillunu oru kadhal was that you could picturise the songs with your eyes closed when you listened to it in your iPODs.New York Nagaram was just perfect - the lyrics , music, the tinge of chill in the song synonymous with the chill NY winds.The music also hada sense of longing that a person would find himself filled with loneliness..!!Quite the true rahman Song.
The next song was Mubae VA...Well this song is that perfect song for those lovers(Success or failure..!!)Amazing song in many senses.The music and orchestration has a mild romance about it and female voice modulation has been selected to suit a verysoft female character.I suppose the music and the voice selection were a master stroke my the master again.
The other songs in the movie were in line with the normal rahman songs!!I also did manage to watch the movie and I should concede that the rerecording in the movie is also of good quality!!All in all a treat for the ARR fans.This was when I thought ARR is back!!

Godfather also it's share of wonderdul songs.My favourite is Kaatril song that had lot of emotion embedded in the song(and ofcourse ASIN).Inisai song and the remix version were perfecr master pieces but for numerous transitions from one genre of music to another in short intervals.!!

Then came GURU.A period film as it looks from its trailors,scoring music for which is daunting taks in itself!!Moving to the songs I should say that again the Mani,ARR and gulzar trio have worked the magic.The music is a precursor for the kind of product a movie would turn out to be.Some times it so happens that an ordinary movie with good songs would too extremely in the box office in India as I have seen previosuly.
This movie has got about three excellent songs.

1.The song sung by Bappi Lahari - Jodi he yeh !!Is an excellent peppy number which helps us remember Bappi Da and his style of music!

2.Barse Rae is also an excellent piece with exemplerary orchestration!!

3.Tere Bina is an excellent song just because rahman has recreated his magic again..He is a master when it comes to creating Tabla based Rhythm and simplebut attaractive music.Reminds me of music of Bombay!!4.Jagae Hain is a nice song that is fit to be a theme song - Typical rahman song!!

Other then that I see that rahman has been evolving over the past few years.The last album that captured my attention was Yuva(Music was exemplerary!!)
I think we could have some more of the Rahman magic !!

Note:Sorry for the ocassional typing error as this Blog was doled out in short time for the lack of time and the urgency for posting a blog after a long hiatus!!

Before the FAll ,After the FAll...and During FAll..

The FAll may be is synonymous with Fall2006... :)?? Nways Pictures speak a 1000 words...SO I thought I would break the silence by pictures rather then words ;)
Well after a night of semiconductor device physics I headed to my kitchen sink to find some creativity.. outta Grad school life :)

The fall of water droplets..

The droplets as they Fell.The salinet feature of this pciture is that it captures the seperate droplets of water :)


This captures as a unified block of water droplet :)

The next Snap is the event after the fall..The ripples created in the plate below..

Carpe Diem !!

Life as it unfolds

Capricious are the ways of life,
And as finicky as a newly wed wife.
A mural that life paints is intricate,
Only till life bestows the skills to extricate.

Never assume the ways of life mundane,
cause it is never short of many a chicane.
In life we ought to remember to forget,
Gus the blighter never forgets to remember.

Irony that is Change being permanent,
But good personas always forget to change.
Not an iota of doubt Money works,
Gus might not always work for money.
True that money can buy all,
Never forget to remember money is not all.

Learn to Silence the critics by your actions,
Never miss Listening to a moment's silence.
When waiting for that perfect MISS,
Remember never let a true love MISSed.
Capricious are the ways of life,
And as Tricky as walking the edge of a Knife.