My first serious post !!

Well .. to start of .. I have never been a blogger myself but I did read and follow all the 'active' blogs in smr's blogroll over the past few years of my stay in IIIT .. this is the first serious post from me after my initial "hello world" post :D .. so, I expect people to cheer up for me ;) and encourage me to write new posts every now and then :D ..

So, to start of, a few people have taken the initiative of reviving the "bloggers community" in the college. We have celebrated the 30th of AUG as IIIT-H bloggers day (unfortunately I cudnt attend it due to convocation time :D). The blogging community in the college has been dying down over the past few years and I myself was very sad to see the number of updated posts to be as low as 1 per day on average :( .. now a days, its very heartening to see atleast 2-3 blogs being posted per day :)

The past few days or rather weeks have been very very busy. I hear people saying that they know what their thesis problem statement is. But I don't think that way will work out for me :D .. I think in my case, its just "keep moving forward !!" .. keep working on some interesting topics and just before I want to submit a thesis, I will come to know what my thesis statement is :)) .. anywayz .. gradually the hope of graduating in an year is vanishing :)) (which is common among CVITians :P) .. ofcourse, I haven't worked much this summer but will definitely cherish many moments of this summer for a life time :) and I hope a few of those will continue all through ..

Research has been and will be my primary interest but I want to clarify one thing to all those who still think I am going to pursue higher studies. The fact is I AM NOT GOING FOR A DOUBLE MS or PHD !! I will be very much happy to get out with a masters from IIIT-H though. I really dunno what I have planned to do if I don't complete my masters by the end of 5th yr .. Lets c what the future holds ..

Coming to a small conversation between X and Y ( X is a parent and Y is a student whoz studying in IIIT-H), which I think is funny but looking in another angle, its an issue to ponder upon ..

X: So, Where do u study ?
Y: IIIT .. doin MS by research

X: What is it ?? I know MS which is done in america. What is this MS ??
Y: Its the same MS which you have heard about but its masters by research which is different from masters by course

X: So, you did not go to US for your higher studies !! ( gives a wierd look at Y pitying that his life is wasted !!)
Y: Dont worry !! Its much better than MS by course which many people opt for to pursue in "the" US and is on par with MS by research which is offered in many famed US universities ..

X: Heard that there is some corruption going on in IIITs and a few seats are getting reserved ( he did not know that AP-IIITs were different from IIIT-H) .. how far is it true ?
Y: Nope .. No idea ..

Thats it !! I think I have written enuf for the first post !!