A Ponderer's Diary

I am a great fan of Director Shankar Shanmugam . All his movies are always super-hits & Blockbusters. Most of his movies are kind of social-awareness movies focusing on corruption, Govt. Scams, etc. Right from the start, he was always a step ahead in reaching the audience expectations.

India is not only a country with a wide variety of cultures, languages, ethnics, landscapes, religions, castes,...etc, but also a country with even more wide variety of human nomenclature. Don't U agree with me? ... No... U will agree with me after reading this post... My name is "Umesh Ram". It sounds Good, Neat & Clear. Adding my Surname "Yarlagadda" to it, things get messy here. Some people especially Non-Andhra Ones don't know how to pronounce it. The Real complication occurs when you keep moving among different states like me.

Disclaimer:-  The following post is based on my own understanding. If U think there is something wrong with it, please let me know about it by writing a comment. R&R .... Doesn't it sound like R&D (Research & Development) ???  But, it's not R&D definitely. People use it in different contexts. It has different meanings. Due to this there is a little disambiguation. This is a kind of phrase, U hear it in English movies. At least, that's where I heard it recently. R&R is mostly used in US military. It's a military slang. Full form is " Rest & Recuperation " or " Rest & Relaxation ". It is the free time for a soldier in the military. It includes mail, sports, film screenings and leave time (for home).The following are the movie scenes where I heard it...

In my Engg. 1st year, I didn't had the slightest idea regarding Social Networking Sites (SNS). At least, I don't know how to properly use an E-mail ... " Social Networking tho Bahut doore ki baath hai ". I didn't have a personal comp. in the 1st year. So used to go to the library for using Internet. There, I was introduced to " Orkut " by my classmate & friend Mohit. That was my first SNS.

When it comes to promotion of movie, U hear terms like Teaser and Trailer. Many people don't know the difference between them. They get ambiguous when they hear them. I'll tell U what I know...

Have ever been to a "Bowling Alley"...??? "No"... Then U r missing something...I would say that it's one of the "Too Good" recreational activities. From many weeks, my roommate Vishal has been asking me to give company for going to Bowling Alley. I was not interested at that time as I thought that it would be too costly and boring too. But I said "Ok" to give company,  not to participate. There are few Malls which feature a Bowling Alley.

Are you a Science freek? Then U have to meet Dr. Walter Bishop in the TV series "Fringe".

India is a democratic country.....That's what it was being told to me since my childhood.....But now I feel that it's not... A person gets a right to vote when he/she reaches 18....I am 21 now...That means that I even reached the age for marriage...But still I don't have my voter ID...Not only me, most of the people especially in towns and cities, don't have a voter ID. Every year, many people apply for voter IDs. Only a few get their IDs. Some people say that voter IDs are only given to those people who stands with the ruling party. If this is true, then how much democratic is this country??? More devastating truth is that only 60% of those people, who have voter IDs, cast their vote.

While watching Prison Break Season 2, I don't have the last episode in the season 2. Without watching it, I can't go for next season as You will miss the continuity. So I don't have any other option but to start another TV series. There are many options for me. But I went for "24".

Recently, I have been to Nizampatnam to collect my Grade Sheet from Venky (My friend and classmate). He collected my grade sheet and applied for provisional certificate on my behalf at the college. Thanks to him, otherwise I had to undergo a lot of journey which costs me in terms of money, time and effort. At his home, he offered me and my family ...a great lunch. Full of Sea food...Fish, Prawns, Crabs,...etc. As his father owns a fishing boat, they eat this kind of costly diet daily. Anywayz, it was a great lunch except that I don't eat crabs. After awhile, we went to harbor. Many fishing boats were there when we arrived. Venky said that Each boat costs nearly 15-25 lakhs depending upon its condition, design and date of manufacture . He also gave an astonishing fact about their fishing business.

After coming from the college, I started missing the Internet @ college. We had a very good internet connection at college even though it's not so reliable. Not reliable because our CC (Computer Centre) has a poor maintenance ( Just as in any Govt. service ). But when the Net is available, we had very impressive download speeds. In the first few days after getting home, I started feeling the lack of internet in my daily life. As in college, I used to spend my free-time on the internet. I kinda of became an addict to it. So I felt that I should take an internet connection. When people talk about taking an internet connection, they think of BSNL broadband, Reliance and Tata only.

Students in the final year of Engg. College have different feelings about leaving the college depending on their way of thinking. Some may feel happy as they are gonna go home or native state leaving behind the dreadful mess food & torture of the academic pressure. But they still don't know that they have to face much more while doing their job. Some may feel sad as they will miss the college days, activities & life style such as masti with friends, campus-gossips, class-bunking, night-outs for internals, college festivals, etc. When they start doing their jobs, they are gonna miss all of these stuff. Whatever be your feeling...At that time I was neither happy nor sad. I was only thinking about how to complete the NO-DUES!!!!! I studied in IT-BHU ( Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University). It's a government-aided college. As in Government, there are many procedures and forms in completing a process, it's the same here too. If you don't

I never watched a TV series in my college days...because when I saw my friends watching them...I get this feeling that they got addicted to it. So, it crossed over my mind at that time. After final sem exams and before Job joining... there is a period of more than 2months. Then, I felt that this may be the right time to watch some series. So I asked opinions of my friends...so that I don't start a nasty one. I like movies with Action, Suspense, Adventure....Next comes comedy, romance and all....So, I started with "Prison Break".

We @ IT-BHU .... Study Hard...But we Party Harder...

PS (Pre-Script)  :- This post is not intended to hurt anybody. Some points are added to make it entertaining. Regarding CTS, I don't have any disrespect towards it. Don't misunderstand my feelings.

To Lock a folder in windows without any software. Follow the steps Below. Make a Folder in C drive rename it as "abc" without quotes. Now open Command Prompt from Start Menu. Type "attrib +s +h C:\abc" without quotes and press enter. This command will Make your folder invisible and it can not be seen even in hidden files and folders To make it visible again type "attrib -s -h C:\abc" You can lock any other folder also by changing the location C:\abc to address of your folder. Leave A Comment........

Torrents... This is the name that you will hear when it comes to downloading stuff like movies, videos, games, etc..... It's Totally Free... It's Totally Easy... It's Totally Legal...Actually It depends on the way you use it...

Internet Stuff include Movies, Videos, Games, Softwares, etc... The following are the ways I know of on how to download:- From File-Hosting sites like Rapidshare, Megaupload, Mediafire,etc:-    You can get their links from forums like amaderforum, lazydesis,etc. Take these links ---> paste them in the address bar of a browser & enter.

LLR - Learner's License Rule Hi ...       In the Holi Holidays, I took my learner's license for 2 wheeler with gear at RTO, Ongole . Eventhough it's late ... It's never too late. I am here to just mention about the correct procedure involved in getting the LLR.

14th February, 2010 ... It's a Valentine's Day... Somebody proposes...Somebody rejects...Somebody celebrates... Whatever...It's a day of happiness and freedom...for Singles , not for lovers... Anywayz...Happy Valentine's Day for everybody....

. . Hey, My name is not Khan ... I think you know what it is. This is the movie I watched yesterday. It was released on the same day. My friend and classmate saurabh got a job in SISO. Instead of a party, he took us to the movie. Nearly half of the class is invited. Actually I had never been to a theater in Varanasi. I have my own reasons. Thanks saurabh for the ticket.

  This is the new search engine introduced by Microsoft.Even though, it was released on May 28, 2009.. I visited it 2 days back. The name has strong similarity to the word 'bingo', which is used to mean that something sought has been found or realized, as is interjected when winning the game   Bingo. In the first glance, Bing will leave a very good impression on you. 

Hi Have you seen the movie "Se7en" ? If not, watch it. A must watch movie.It's in the IMDB top 100 movies.  Genre:Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller... IMDB link:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114369/

Hi ...         Two days back... I saw a movie "Untraceable". Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller... The movie is really a thriller. In this movie, there is a site  http://killwithme.com/  . This is a website in which the criminal posts live videos of his victims. The pace at which the victim dies completely depends upon the number of people visiting the site. The greater the number of people visiting the site, the faster the victim dies. The site is completely untraceable. So the movie name is " Untraceable ". Visit the site once ... http://killwithme.com/ ... IMDB link for this movie:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0880578/

P.S (Pre-Script, not Post-Script): Last Paragraph is a little more interesting than the rest... Hi guyz... Recently I had been to Ramnagar fort which is "Rs.10" away from the BHU main gate. I don't know... exactly how many kilometres it is from BHU main gate. So I said it is "Rs. 10" away as it takes Rs.10 in a service auto from BHU main gate to Fort main gate. It was 25th January morning...Last day at Kashiyatra'10. When there is a cult. or tech. festival taking place in campus, it's just taken for granted that those days will be holidays. So I and Venky planned to go to Ramnagar fort on 24th. But on that morning, we heard that some people left for classes. We didn't care. So we left the hostel for Fort around 11 a.m. I called Katta (my online tour guide for this one... Just kidding... My friend and collegemate ) & asked him "Hi ra, How to reach the fort?"... He replied "Reach Lanka and then go right where you hav