Thought Overflow

In case you didn’t know, I’ve had the last couple of weeks off from college. (Basically, supplementary exams have been being conducted for those who failed in the last end-of-semester exams, and since I didn’t fail in any, I’ve had the time off). So, how have I spent the last couple of weeks?

• I had enrolled for a workshop in Embedded Systems. Sadly, not having any idea about Microprocessors or Micro-controllers was bit of a limitation. It was still quite fun, as all I could do was apply logic and try and write programs in C for simple tasks such as making an LED blink, etc. But I still can’t believe that not only did I enroll for a workshop during my holidays, but I also paid 750/- to have them steal my holidays :’(
• I launched my website, finally – Gurdit.com. Initially, I wanted to give it a fancy name (“Organized Chaos”), but I’m getting bored of oxy-morons. No matter how good they initially sound, they tend to get lame at some point or the other. (Ok ok, I admit… I couldn’t come up with a good enough name, happy?)
• I got my DVD drive repaired enough to read DVDs… it’s a different issue that it still rejects any DVD you try to write with it, irrespective of whether it costs 15/- or 25/- (yes, I tried with a 15/- DVD and a 25/- DVD… both DVDs are healthy, happy and still empty!).

Apart from that, a lot of things have been left undone. I still have a hell of a lot of lab record to complete, which I’ve been putting off for a long time. I don’t think I’ll be able to complete it before college starts, as I originally wanted to. In case you haven’t guessed yet, college starts again on Monday.

Having done satisfactorily well (20/20 in 5 subjects, and 19/20 in the last one) in the descriptive tests, I guess there’s not much for me to fear going back to college now, academically. But it’s never a fun thought thinking about having to go back to college, is it? Not only do I have all my lab work to be completed, but I also have to wear a very crappy uniform on all days we have lab now (dress code – hurrah!). Also, I lost the sponge sound-softener around my Panasonic earphones, and now they feel loose/tiny and crappy all over again :’(.

I’m also not looking forward to having to re-start my brain. I’m sure I’ll be blank, like most other students in class, when lecturers ask us basic questions that we would have been able to guess in a jiffy just before we went off for our holidays. (Typically college, isn’t it?). Oh well, no choice, as usual. Got just one more day of leisure left – tomorrow. And even that one, I fear, may not be so enjoyable considering that McLaren have shut out the front row of the starting grid for tomorrow’s Formula 1 race :”(

PS: Nikki rocks!