A walk to remember ..

There is a popular saying

“You can gain more knowledge by walking 100 steps than by reading 1000 pages of text.” (or at least something like this).

I had a chance to walk through a park (if u could call it one). It had long and unmanaged grass. One has to properly push off the grass with his/her leg to be able to see the ground below. The area was, as it seems, a popular place where some of the “anpadh” people would empty there pockets or would dump there booze bottles. I hope you get the picture.

One would say that it was a “not a place worth walking”. I beg to differ. I was so happy to see all that (not that i love garbage, but .. read on).

I could see a broken bottle of Kingfisher probably from some drunkard. Made me remember the good old times when we used to booze and throw the bottle in the jungle area in the campus. (Oh!, yeah we used to booze in college). It was so much fun to do that and to hear the whoosh sound that the bottle made while taking its first and probably last “leap” through the open sky.

I could see a Fosters Pint. Though I never used hide from my parents and drink, but yeah, I knew ppl who used to do that. Made me remember my good ol school days. Thanks to orkut I am still in contact with some of them.

Then, I could see a pack of matchbox. It was empty though, and pretty soiled too. So, picking it up to check for the contents wasnt such a good idea. Anyway, the matchbox reminded me of many things. From the Tall-Fat guys habbit of lighting all the matches in the box for no reason at all to the macheees (one of my junior at college) . I had a smile on my face again…..

There was a sticker. You know, sort of a label that we used to stick on the notebook and book covers at school. It had Jerry on it. I had a good collection of such stickers. From cartoon characters to plants to bikes, I had everything. (ok, mine and my brothers combined)

There was a shoe, an empty packet of chips, plastic chippings, polyethene bags and what not. I guess the population explosion has really effected India a lot. It was very much visible there on the ground.

Other news?

Office work going fine. I have finally started working.

Everything fine at the flat and with the flat mates.

PS: stop asking who I am. If you like what I write, tell me. If you hate it, tell me.

Power your PC?

I was randomly checking the power settings on the gyser that I have at my house. It said something like 1.1kwh or something for 24hrs continous running. Though its a small one, I guess a bigger one will cost much more.

I did some research on this, and guess what I found. Well, a normal 25ltr one would cost around Rs 3-5 a day for 24hrs running. Simillarly, a 35 ltr one would cost say around Rs 6-7? Hmm. Sounds interesting?

Well, lets do the maths.

Suppose you have 4 geysers per floor of a hotel. And there are 4 such floors. People use these geysers. Now, lets assume that since people will be using it a lot, lets say that they actually consume thrice the amount. That is Rs 18 per day, and if that hotel is getting power on industrial rates, it would cost almost twice, so, round of to Rs 30 a day per geyser.

So, the amount spend on geysers is 30*4*4*30 (30 days month) = (a wooping) Rs 14 400.

Now imagine a big internet cafe, with at least 200 PCs on at any given time. (more in the day, less in the night, taking an avg here.). I found (and also this)out that PC might use anywhere between 150-250 watts of power. Lets do the maths again, shall we?

So, the equation this time is

200(avg of 150-250) * 200 * 24 * 30 = 28800 kwh per month.

again, industrial rates applied, it would be around Rs 7 per unit(i think). So, the amount per month on electricity is 7*28800 approx. Rs 2L per month.

Sounds too much? ok, lets say there are only 100 PCs on at any give time. So, a fair Rs. 1 L per month.

So, the manager or the caretaker who said that geyser is causing the major electricity bill is a fool? Hmm, maybe. If my maths is right, he is. Please do tell me if I made mistakes.

Other news?

Nah, its a weekend. No offical news. But, yeah, do go and watch Pyar Ke Side Effects. Must watch movie

PS: The internet cafe/hotel is nothing but the OBH

Seems interesting…..

I was going through an article that was published in todays newspaper. It was talking about “Right to Information Act (2005)”. The right and the rules related to it seem to be interesting.

The article was talking about how one can now apply the “act” to their own colleges and know what ever he/she wants to know. Be it their attendance, be it the reasons for making Mr. So’n'So the principle of the college.

How is this interesting? Well, sadly (not actually sadly, but for saying sake) I have passed out of my college. It would have been a great thing to apply this rule to our college. There are a lot of things that could have been questioned if it were so. Eg. How did one of the profs. decide that gj(46)(my batch guy) was copying, when the answer sheets didnt match and in-fact his answer was wrong? The professor had simply said “This is a case of *wrong copying*”.

It would also be an interesting thing to know as to why we needed another caretaker for OBH, when the only thing the new (balgangadhar?) does is sit in his room and sleep all day/chat on Yahoo?

So, what say? Wont it be fun? Esp. when the rules says that you dont have state the reason for asking for the “information”. (or at least thats how I interpreted it, its here ).

Other news…

1. Office work seems to be starting now. Or one can say that I have starting working … or somewhat started at least … ok, ok, people around me have and I should too!!

2. I guess India won because of my worthy comments :p.

So, is he right?

Pope Benedict had quoted a Byzantine emperor who said a command by Mohammed to spread his faith by the sword was “evil and inhuman.”

(cnn news network)

Well, there can be many view points to this. I have my own “2 penny worth” comment. As you can read in this, one of the muslim leading organisations (if I am allowed to call Al-Qaida that) has said clearly that all worshippers of cross will be “doomed”. Hmm, doesn’t this coincide with what the pope had said? Doesn’t this also mean that “they actually want to beat them/kill them/convert them” ? Doesn’t it mean that they (they here refers to people who made this remark) are actually evil and inhuman?

Anyway, it was nice to read that people in India have tired to NOT act in such a way against the pope. Though there have been a few minor incidences.

At least with this we can derive that most of the muslims in India are NOT evil and inhuman as they are in west.

Other News ..

I have been hearing this in the new for god knows how long that Indian cricket team is bad when it comes to fast bowling. WHY hasn’t the coach/admin people done something about this?

Back in my graduation college, things are getting fine as far as the cultural activities is concerned. Looking at the academic and the administrative structure, well, things are getting worse.

The more the gap between the administrative staff and the students will increase, more the hatred among the students. (I for one wont do anything for my college if any of the profs/server room people/appaji/appiji is related).

Back at work, things are moving now. Sadly, there has been a temporary halt for the gaming freaks. Things will get better.