December 2, 2009

Another hectic week started which didn't allow me to write my blog as well. I did some good work in last few days. On 30th Nov, I spend lot of time in study, trying to realize the method to compare two set of probabilistic waveforms, one from an individual inverter with an ideal ramp input signal and another one from an inverter chain. The main challenge of this experiment to make sure that comparison of waveforms are valid, I mean the input of the final inverter in the inverter chain and individual inverter in another experimental setup should have same input signal slew. I have developed a method to size the inverter chain on the fly to generate the exactly same slew as of individual inverter. After making the required setup, I found that both waveform are almost same and having very close output slew. My next task was to change the output signal slew to analyze the waveform variation. I attacked this problem by changing the input signal slew and captured all the waveforms. Surprisingly, I found that output waveform in all the cases are having almost same output signal slew. This new issue encouraged me to play with circuit and come-up with set of parameters and their range to cover required output slew range from 5ps to 600ps. I started with input signal slew and channel length. This combination did not worked out well. Then I tried with input signal slew and channel width. This combination also fails to give full swing in the output signal slew. Till now, I was using a high capacitor as a output effective capacitive load. I had reasoning for making this constraint in the design. But, since none of the combination of parameters were able to give us full swing of the output signal slew. I had thought to change output load as well. So, in the new experiment, I have used input signal slew and output capacitive load as two parameters and it works! I got full swing of the output signal slew which was desired but on the cost of variable output capacitive load. Now, in the rest of the week, I have to develop the complete method to model a set of probabilistic output waveform with circuit component.

This was my two days of academic work. But today is my third day of writing blog. It means one day is missing. Exactly! I was not in the university on Dec 1. On that day, I went for an excursion to Dutch Space, A dutch Company. This excursion was organized by student group of our department (ETV). This company makes solar panel for space satellites, parts of satellites rocket launcher, robotic cars like one went to Mars, robotic arm for international space station and many more. In fact we saw all these products in the lab. This was an amazing experience for me. I have taken some photos of the trip which are posted here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/ashish.nigam/ExcursionToDutchSpaceDec09

Good Night

November 29, 2009

It is interesting to know that I finally managed to get some time for writing my blog. I was thinking daily to write something but I couldn’t able to make it somehow. However, today I have finally got some time. This is superb great!

A lot of things have been happen in the last few days which are very difficult to remember and write it down. However, I will try to write at least some of them.

Professor Michel has given me a gift which is sent by Saint Nicholas (A sweet dutch culture). The gift was a very testy chocolate having my initial in big font. Photo of the gift is here:

1. 2. 3.

Apart from this, I also visited to Den Haag. There, I went to Scheveningen Beach. In this winter, almost no one was on the beach except few crazy adventurous fun lovers doing surfing on the strong wave. It was fun watching them live. I spent more then an hour just standing and watching them, enjoying strong wind, and natural beauty. This trip was on the bike when the outside temperature was 8*C! It was fun doing biking of almost 40 KM in this cold and rainy weather. Here, I have some photos of this trip:

http://picasaweb.google.com/ashish.nigam/ScheveningenBeachInWinterNov09

The next big task I have completed is very interesting. I have finally collected some photos and videos of our diwali celebration. As I have already mentioned in past blogs, I have participated in two dances, a skit and a fashion show! I have uploaded all the photos and videos on ISA-Delft youtube and picasaweb account. The video of my dance, all photos and entire playlist is linked below:

http://picasaweb.google.com/ashish.nigam/Diwali2009ISATUDelft

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF3p4A2-su0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXFXDbcpc9g

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E11AE94C9B51B250

Hmmm, how can I forgot that I watched a movie name "Ajab Prek Ke Gazab Kahani". There is a very beautiful song in this movie, prem ki naiya ai ram ke bharose, ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RYm-e1GfFA

Apart from all these events, I have done some study and made progress in the thesis work. I have to again concentrate myself for thesis work.

I think this is substantial to regain for the blog. Let me sleep and get refreshed for tomorrow.

November 19, 2009

It was another day of the week but with full of energy because I was completely out of vacation hangout now. I finished the first version of the report in the college time and watched the movie "2012" in the night time.

November 18, 2009

It was another day for writing the same report. I had written down the content of the report (mostly mathematical equations and explanations) on the sheet of paper. Once the layout was ready, I decided to install MikTex for writing the report in Latex. Finally I had completed a part of the report on the day. In the evening I thought to watch the movie "2012" and decided to download it. Luckily I got a single file link with the file size of 2.04GB. Unfortunately the download speed was very-very poor, around 30-40 kbps, it took the entire night to download the movie.

November 17, 2009

The morning was quite normal and I was still trying to come out of Diwali hangout. The day started slowly, I had the task of writing down the mathematical equations of the work I had done till now, and I had finally progress a little on that. That was the work in the whole day!

November 16, 2009

Next day after every event is always very tiring. The same happen today. I woke-up very late, around 11AM and then somehow came to college because I had to make phone call. In the college I made phone call to my home, did lunch and then I returned back to home. I was still very tired, and slept very early, around 10PM. So, basically I did nothing on the entire day.

November 15, 2009

BIG DAY! The day of 15th Nov was second most awaited day of the year (first one was the day when I return back to India!). Today we had Diwali celebration in TU Delft. Diwali celebration is not the reason to say this day as most awaited day, today we had a cultural program and we had six programs in the list. And, I was performing in four out of these six programs. This includes two dances, a skit, and a fashion show on Indian culture. And I was excited because first time in my life, I was going to dance on the stage, and walk on the ramp of the fashion show! This diwali fills a lot of happiness in my life because I am doing something which I always wanted to do but never had enough courage to really do it. Out of these two dances, one was on a very old Indian TV Channel Durdarshan with the lyrics "Ek Chidiya, Anek Chidiya". And the second dance was on a very well known bollywood dance song "Bumaro Bumaro" from movie "Mission Kashmir" and the song is a "Kashmiri Lok-geet". The skit was based on the recent activities on the "TUDIndian" Yahoo Group and I (BALRAM urf BALMA urf BALLU) was acting as a new master’s student who is email-addicted and doesn’t like girls at all! And finally in the fashion show, I was a gujju guy. In the entire program I changed my dress four times, so basically right after every event I was running toward the change room to get new dress-up. I am still collecting the photos and videos to share over here.

I was in these performances because people have given me a chance to perform and helped me to learn the steps. They guided me at every step to learn the steps and expressions to give a better performance. I am very thankful to Akshay for selecting me in "Ak-Anek", Vaibhay for selecting me in "Bumaro-Bumaro", Himanshu for giving me a role in "Skit" and Shilpa for accepting my request in "Fashion Show". These thanks are not a formality, but an emotional feelings coming from the bottom of my heart.

I know some people personally who were very actively involved in the preparation of this event. Akshay/Mukta had a 7 month old baby but they were guiding every single stage performance, Sachin/Supriya and Chetan/Shilpa were also intensively involve in organization and event performance, Krishna/Murthy/Deepak/Amit had put there best effort to make sure that every single detail of the event organization goes smoothly. In spite of the fact that Krishna and Murthy knew that they will not be able to attend the event, they did their best in the organization, talking to International Office, arranging venue, dates, bla bla. There were many more, and I am unable to mention every name here.

At the end of the program, we had a professional DJ! It was desi DJ with full of Hindi disco songs, and we had 2 hour full masti in DJ. It was amazing and we had a lot of fun in the entire day. Finally we were very tired and could not able to do anything after that went to home and slept.

At the end, I would like to remember the motivation force which always encouraged me to participate in the cultural program and gives the motivation for dance.

Here I have some photos to share:

1: http://picasaweb.google.com/ashish.nigam/DiwaliCelebration2009InTUDelft

2: http://picasaweb.google.com/kedar.ksd/DiwaliFunction2009_TUD

Will update more videos and photos in coming blogs.

November 14, 2009

"Kaise bataye kyun tujhko chahe, Yaara bata na paaye, Baatein dilon ki zuban, Aankhon ki tujhe samjhayen"... the day started with this song because I forgot to shutdown my laptop last night and there was only one song in the winamp! And then, a busy day started with the chat with few people in the morning... it was a nice start of the day. Finally I eat some food and went to market to buy the daily food items. Fortunately, we had finished all the food items (including rice) last day and had nothing to eat, so I had no option other then starting the day with the shopping. Right after the shopping, the rush of the day starts. Tried to cook some quick-food, eat it and run for the diwali practice. Even with very fast work, I was one hour late in the practice session. In this diwali, I am participating in 4 events and had practice of 3 events today. Dance practice is always tiring but skit was cool. I enjoyed it a lot. Today we had rehearsal with the final dress, so I changed my dress 4 times in the practice session! And ready for final show of tomorrow.

The day didn’t ends here. All the disorder of the day starts after this. I returned from the practice at around 6PM and then slept because I was very tired. I know that 6PM is very early but I don’t exactly know when I slept, which indicate that I was really very tired... and finally I wake-up at 12:00 mid night... and then I tried a lot to sleep again, but could not able to get it... so thought to had dinner and checked email... not only email, now I have to check wave as well because I finally got the wave account and now I should be regular to check the wave like email! Orkut and facebook is already there to kill a lot of time.

Anyways, its already 2:22PM and I think I should somehow sleep as I have to go for shopping again tomorrow, followed by cooking and then final grand finale of this session! I have to be there at around 2PM with all the set of dress. I still don’t know if the fashion show is going to happen tomorrow or not, but at-least a kid-dance, a choreography-dance, and a skit is ready for tomorrow. There are quite a few more events tomorrow but I am in only these three events. There will be video recording tomorrow and will be uploaded on the youtube sometime. I shall be happy to share the videos once they will be ready.

It’s time to try to sleep now. Good Night.

November 13, 2009

I am back on the blog, writing about myself after almost 9 month. I could have produced a lot in the 9 months if I would have worked had in those days. Anyways, the gone time can not be returned. Only we can learn and improve for future. I will try to start the process again!

Today is another Friday, but no as usual. It is very busy. The day started with the invigilation duty in one exam, followed by thesis meeting with professor and team. Somehow I got exactly 10 min to finish my lunch today. Right after the meeting, I ran for another appointment with doctor, took my friend to hospital for the check-up and consult with physician. The day didn’t end here. Now I have to go for the dance practice session which we are going to perform in the Dewali celebration in TU-Delft by TU-Delft Indian community. A very first question anyone can think is why we are celebrating diwali one month after the actual diwali. And the answer is very simple; this diwali is for TU-Delft Indians and should be celebrated when majority is available. We have 1st quarter exam during that time so, we decided to shift by this time. Anyways, we have dewail celebration on this Sunday, 15th Nov, 2009.

Before I finish the talk, let me put a beautiful song which I am listening since last one hour:

Audio Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iboKJKipgvI

Lyrics Link: http://www.lyricsmasti.com/song/7107/get_lyrics_of_Tu-Jane-Na.html

Kaise bataye kyun tujhko chahe, Yaara bata na paaye

Baatein dilon ki zuban, Aankhon ki tujhe samjhayen

Tu jaane na, Tu jaane na

Tu jaane na, Tu jaane na

hmm Mil ke bhi, hum na mile, Tumse na jane kyun

Milon ki hai fasle, Tumse hai jaane kyun

Anjane hain silsile, Tum se na jaane kyun

Sapne hai palkon tale, Tum se na jaane kyun

Kaise bataye kyun tujhko chahe, Yaara bata na paaye

Baatein dilon ki dekhon zuban ki aankhe tujhe samjhayen

Tu jaane na, Tu jaane na

Tu jaane na, Tu jaane na

Nigahon mein dekho meri Jo har bas gaya, Woh hai milta tumse hoo bahu

ooo Jane teri aankhen thi ua, ya baatein thi wajah, Huye tum jo dil ki arzooo

Tum paas ho ke bhi, Tum aas ho ke bhi, ehsaaas ho ke bhi, Apne nahi

Aise hai apne gile, Tum se na jane kyun

Milon ki hai fasle, Tumse hai jaane kyun

Tu jaane na, Tu jaane na

Tu jaane na, Tu jaane na

Khayalon mein lakhon batein, Yun keh gaya, Bol kuch na tere samne

OOO, huye na begane bhi tum, ho ke Aur ke, Dekho tum mere hi bane

Afsoos hota hai, Dil bhi yeh rota hai

Sapne sanjota hai, Pagla hua soche yeh

hum the mil, Tum se na jane kyun

Milon ki hai fasle, Tumse hai jaane kyun

Anjane hain silsile, Tum se na jaane kyun

Sapne hai palkon tale, Tum se na jaane kyun

OO, Kaise bataye kyun tujhko chahe, Yaara bata na paaye

Baatein dilon ki dekhon zuban ki aankhe tujhe samjhayen

Tu jaane na, Tu jaane na

Tu jaane na, Tu jaane na

March 3, 2009

Luckily there was only one class today. Since I slept very late yesterday, I woke-up very late, around 11:00AM. Then I started copying the assignment... Since I had a class from 1:45PM, I packed the work and went to the college for the class, and start making assignment after the class. And I finished the copying at 8:30PM, and professor already left the university building. I slipped-in the assignment bellow his office door and return to 17th floor to take some printout of paper which I need to read as soon as possible. I returned home abound 10:00PM and luckily got the dinner for me. Surely if I could have late by 5 minute more, I would not have got anything to eat! After dinner, I did some other work and slept.

March 2, 2009

Hummm ... Again the classes started, today with 2 lectures. Also, I had to finish Computer Arithmetic assignment today as its deadline is tomorrow. After the lecture I return back to home because I was feeling sleepy in the class. The reason I was feeling sleepy because I slept very late last night which disturbed my entire biological activities. I woke-up around 8:00PM and then started the assignment, took the dinner and then assignment till 5:00AM. Till now we have finished only the assignment problems in rough pages, I still have to spend around 5 hour to put it into a fare paper for the submission, which I will do tomorrow.

March 1, 2009

The new month starts with Sunday but not with holiday! 2 assignment deadlines were on the top of my head, one on 3rd and other on 4th. I spend most of my day to read Computer Arithmetic and I finished it on time, i.e. before starting the cooking. Humm ... today was my turn to cook, and I planned to cook Daal with rice today. After study, I started cooking dinner and targeted to cook for more then 10 people. Unfortunately we didn't have any cooking item, like onion and rice, so I borrowed some of them from Akansh! After cooking, we did some talk and then day was over!

February 28, 2009

Finally I have successfully reached to the end of February! This is my second continuous month for keep writing the blog very regularly. I am feeling very-very happy to continue it, although there were some week nods, like missing few days in between but doing make-up in the coming days make it finally a  success story, and I promises to continue it for longer time. This is not just blog or email, this is much more then that. Here I am trying to capture myself, my day, my feeling, my thoughts and my own life in my words. The interesting part of this blog is a business deal which I am having with it. If I am giving a part of my life to it then I am also getting back a lot in my life, and the list starts with the writing skill, platform to express myself and the most important is to get a channel to say something to her which can not be said on the email or chat so easily, i.e. I love her the most. And this blog is to let her up-to-date about my daily life, what I am doing, what I am missing, how I am dealing with it, and how important any usual day use to be for me.

Her is something very special: Koi Tumasa Nahee, Koi Tumasa Nahee...

Apart form completing my continuous 2 month for daily blog and keeping it up to date, I did a lot more today. I did practice for Garba and Dandia, and planed to participate in the group dance with 2 more buys and 3 girls on some of the song on Holi! I am doing what ever I really missed in my graduation life (except making love with someone!). Also, I helped my cousins to download and make account on Skype, and did video chat. Interestingly they did not had either web-cam or microphone, so I was just speaking and doing act and they were reacting on it by typing! That's it, I did nothing more then that.

February 27, 2009

The day was not very funny or happy after making her sad and angry yesterday! Anyways, I woke-up early because I slept early yesterday and planned to do some study in the morning. So I did actually. I finished one more chapter of Digital IC Design in the day time and then went to college for making phone call, get some printout and do some more study! I did everything except little more study! I return back to the work of Nick and started reading SSTA (Check out wiki for the meaning of this funny word!) I started reading about this new topic and got some research paper about this topic. Unfortunately the printer stopped working and I could not able to get print of most of the paper, but that's ok because I already have enough in my plate to finish.

Now something for her: Aate Jate Jo Milata Hai, Tumasa Lagata Hai, Ham To Pagal Ho Jayeinge, Eaisa Lagata hai!

February 26, 2009

Another busiest day, but thanks to Prof. Nick for taking off this week and giving us a break of 2 hour in the full day hectic schedule. Unfortunately my day was not that great! I was feeling almost sleepy from the beginning of the first class of Computer Arithmetic. Somehow I had managed to wake-up in the first 2 class viz. Computer Arithmetic and VLSI Test Technology and Reliability. But I surrendered after that and decided to return to home and take proper rest! After returning home I took my lunch (which was in my modern school bag, my laptop bag!), and then went for the sleep. I wake-up at around 7 or so, and then decided to study after a long time... I was busy in writing a small report since many days and was not able to manage time for study. Now, since I have finally finished the report, and took a long rest as well, I should start covering my academics as well. I did finished 1 chapter of Digital IC Design. But that was not enough. Unfortunately I could not able to do more then that and left a lot of pending work for the next day!

The worst part of the day was to make her angry and sad because of shouting on her, making her upset, and making her feel bad! I realized it but little late, till then she already went for the sleep. This is what I can say for you:

(dum dara dum dara mast mast dara - 2

dum dara dum dum

oh hum dum bin tere kyaa jeenaa) - 2

tere bina beswaadi beswaadi ratiyaan, oh sajna - 2

rookhi re oh rookhi re, kaatore kaate katena

tere bina beswaadi beswaadi ratiyaan, oh sajna - 2

(dum dara dum dara mast mast dara - 2

dum dara dum dum

oh hum dum bin tere kyaa jeenaa) - 2

naa jaa chaakri kaa maare

naa jaa souten pukaare

saawan aeyega toh poochegaa

naa jaa re

pheeki pheeki beswaadhi

yeh ratiyaan

kaatore kate naa kate naa

ab tere binaa sajnaa sajnaa

kaate kate naa

katenaa katenaa tere binaa

tere binaa beswaadi beswaadi

ratiyaan, oh sajnaa oh

(dum dara dum dara mast mast dara - 2

dum dara dum dum

oh hum dum bin tere kyaa jeenaa) - 2

tere binaa chaand kaa sonaa khotaa re

peeli peeli dhool undaawe jhootaa re

tere binaa sonaa peetal

tere sang keekar peepal

aaja katenaa ratiyaan

dum daraa dum daraa mast mast daraa - 2

dum daraa dum dum

oh hum dum bin tere kya jeena

tere binaa beswaadi beswaadi

ratiyaan, oh sajnaa oh

rukhiri re rukhire kaatore katenaa

(dum daraa dum daraa mast mast daraa - 2

dum daraa dum dum

oh hum dum bin tere kyaa jeenaa) - 2

February 25, 2009

Today I had class but wake-up late so didn't go for the class. Finally today I finished the report! Hurree... now, I have to start reading more literature for the Nick's work and also take care of the course work.

February 24, 2009

No class means no work! Went to lab to complete Digital IC Design assignment and then started writing the report! The same report... Today I finished almost equation editing, table, figure, and section labelling and their references. The remaining task is to complete the reference section, and image editing.

February 23, 2009

Nothing great is happening now a day! The day started with Computer Arithmetic assignment, then class and then as usual, report! Today I transferred the doc file into latex. Some latex post processing such as equations, label, image editing, flow chart, etc is required in the final report. Today I returned from university early because today was my turn to cook food! As per the plan, today I cooked Rajama with Rice. I also tried to prepare Kheer which was delicious!

February 22, 2009

Today is the last day for the assignment of computer arithmetic. I finished chapter 2, followed by assignment question 2. Then some rest by watching movie Gandhi My Father. After that I felt little tired and slept for 2 hours. Wake-up at around 7:00PM and then reading of chapter 3, followed by assignment question 3, and then chapter 4 and assignment question 4. Finally I finished the assignment solution of all 4 questions. Now, I have to write the solution in a plane paper which I can submit tomorrow. Since it's too late in the night, I have decided to write the solution tomorrow morning before class.

Here we go with the song of the day:

  http://www.in.com/music/track-genda-phool-195799.html

Genda Phool

[Hoye hoye hoye

Hoye hoye hoye] - 3times

Saiyaan ched dewe,

Nanad chutki leve,

Sasural genda phool,

Saas gaari deve,

Dewar samjha leve,

Sasural genda phool,

Chora babul ka angana,

Bhaave deraa piya ka ho,

Saas gaari deve,

Dewar samjha leve,

Sasural genda phool,

Saiyaan hai vypaari,

Chale hain pardes,

Sooratiyaan niharu, jiyara bhaari howe,

Sasural genda phool...

Saas gaari deve,

Dewarji samjha leve,

Sasural genda phool,

Saiyaan ched dewe,

Nanad chutki leve,

Sasural genda phool...

Chora babul ka angana,

Bhaave deraa piya ka ho,

Bushirt pahine, khayee ke bida paan,

Poore Raipur se alag hai,

Saiyaan ji ki shaan,

Sasural genda phool,

Saiyaan ched dewe,

Nanad chutki leve,

Sasural genda phool,

Saas gaari deve,

Dewarji samjha leve,

Sasural genda phool,

Chora babul ka angana,

Bhaave deraa piya ka ho..

[Hoye hoye hoye

Hoye hoye hoye] - 3times

Ohh ohh oho..oho..

Oo ..hey hey...o hey...

[Hoye hoye hoye

Hoye hoye hoye] - 3times

February 21, 2009

Saturday! Many stacked tasks of the week need to complete today, starting from shopping, reading computer arithmetic 4 chapter for assignment, and most important is the dance practice session of GARBA! I started day very late (around 11:30AM) due to last night party hang-over. I did some study till 3:00PM and then went for the GARBA practice session. The most encouraging part of GARBA session is girls to boys ratio! There were 8 girls (including 2 non-indian, I guess europian) and only 4 boys!!! Balle balle... Balle balle...! After returning from the GARBA session, I went for the shopping and then study computer arithmetic chapter 2. Then again return to the report, final proof reading for the English grammar, mainly articles. I finished the task of report proof reading at around 5:00AM in the morning. Today was amazing day with lots of switching from one task to another.

February 20, 2009

No class, there was only one lab which I bunked! Wake-up late and went to college for giving final touch to the report. Finished proof reading of the 1st draft and made the appropriate changes and took print of it. I finished this around 9:15PM, and then went to markasof for PARTY! We had wonderful dinner followed by an english movie. I return to the room in late night, around 1:30PM.

February 19, 2009

Humm.. Today was the busiest day of the week. I had 4 classes of 2 hour each starting from 8:45AM till 5:30PM. After class, I started writing the report will 10:15PM, then return to home for dinner and then report! Finally 1st draft of the report is completed by night 1:30PM. Next day's plan is to finish proof reading and correction.

February 18, 2009

Wake-up little early, around 7:40AM, took some breakfast and went to the college. I had class from 10:45AM, so I start working on the report first. After the class I had lunch session in research group, after that I rescheduled my NoC exam and then again report. I had another class at 3:45PM, then again report till 10:00PM. Still report is only half complete. I hope I will finish the report tomorrow.

February 17, 2009

Day started very late. I woke-up at around 12:00 noon which was little disappointing to me. After fresh, I went to the college for the evaluation meeting where I learn that every evaluation feedback is valuable, specially the comment which we write in the evaluation form. Then I started writing the report for the Nick. I took my dinner in the college and return home at around 10:30PM.

February 16, 2009

1st Monday after Valentine! The day was full with class starting from morning lecture of digital IC design, followed by compulsory course of advance device physics and end with the horrible course of computer arithmetic. The worst part of the day is that I slept fully in the class of advance device physics! I will try my best to avoid such incidence again. I return from university early because today was my turn to cook! Again in the record time of less then an hour, I cooked for 8 people, actually I cooked for almost 10 people and some food is left which we can eat tomorrow morning! Special dish of the day was Kadhi and Rice!

Also, today I made her angry and sad. I would like to say sorry to her with the following song:

February 15, 2009

Finally Valentine Day favour is down and I have return to my academic. The day is Sunday and Monday is deadline for an assignment. So, we all (Me, Saket and Akansh) rush to the department building for completing the assignment simulation, return from there, had dinner and then continued the assignment. Finally we finished the assignment before sleeping. In the middle gap of these activities, I read 2 chapter of Electronics Design Automation.

February 14, 2009

14th Feb 2009, Valentine's Day!

The day which is most awaited day by almost all the lovers except few of them (like me!). The culture of this day is started in Europe and luckily I am also in Europe! So what [:(] I am not with my valentine and without her there is nothing to celebrate. People plan for the surprise on this day, so did I! and her as well! I was running countdown for the day and finally countdown is over. The day has finally arrived. I was waiting for this day to give a surprise but was not expecting anything like that. I had received a very cool and good looking beautiful t-shier. Here is me with my gift:

From Poptahof Noord

Then finally the best song dedicated to her (Tujh Me Rab Dikhata Hai from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi):

The day was started at 12:00 mid night with the packet of gift on my table and a call on my system! Then the call went till 6:00AM in the morning until I had delivered surprise from my side, followed by a long sleep and then brunch at 3:30PM. Then another round of talk, dinner, bla bla... that's it. The day is finally over with lots of happiness and beautiful memories. Surprisingly I did some study as well when the day changed in India!

February 13, 2009

13th Feb 2009, Hug Day!

Something which can not be done over internet! I don't understand why we have all these days before valentine day! If every thing is done before valentine day then what is the significance of the final day? Gift, proposal, kiss, and hug is already being done and then what left!

A song dedicated to her (Aaja Shaam Hone Aayi from Maine Pyaar Kiya):

After-effect of yesterday talk! I woke-up at around 12:00 noon! Then planned to go to college to prepare for Network on Chip (NoC) exam, fortunately I realize that NoC exam is very demanding and required at least full time dedication of 2 week. So the final decision is to drop the exam for at least this month, and I may give exam in April, but not before that.

February 12, 2009

12th Feb 2009, Kiss Day!

Wow! Another romantic day! But, but, but ... nothing to say! Just do it!

A song dedicated to her (Zara Zara Touch Me from Race):

Busiest day in Delft! I had class from morning 8:45AM to 5:30PM. Continuous 4 classes of 2 hour each, followed by a small study session on 17th floor. I finished half chapter of Digital IC Design and return to home for the dinner. After dinner, we stared talking with friends and this conversation went till 2:30AM! Humm ...

February 11, 2009

11th Feb 2009, Promise Day!

Promise! I know what she thinks and she know what I think! So, if both of us know each other, there is no place of promise. Promise is made for the people who does not know each other very well and does not trust others. Its not for the one, it's for the two!

A song dedicated to her (Tenu Leke from Salaam E Ishq):

The day started with missing the meeting! It was scheduled at 8:30AM and I woke-up at 9:30, excellent! This is the most un-professional response I had ever made. Then series of classes! I did not go for the lab session because I thought to study in that time and finish lab on laptop. Unfortunately I slept in library during lab session and did not make any progress on study or lab work. Finally I made little study after all the classes and return home at 9:00PM. As usual, there was only time pass after returning home, dinner followed by talk with friends.

Now I should sleep as I have class very early in the morning. 8:45AM.

February 10, 2009

10th Feb 2009, Teddy Day!

Teddy! The most loving and popular toy among girls! Teddy is better then us, at least it can touch and feel girls very closely! I wish to be a teddy next time! I don't know what am I suppose to do on this day! Give a teddy to a girl or become teddy of a girl for a day. Very confusing! I prefer to be a teddy and get the opportunity to touch and feel girls!

A song dedicated to her (Tumhi Dekho Na from Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna):

Day started with a new assignment. Task was to check out the new job opening in the banks and do detail assignment to understand the requirement and eligibility along with the apply procedure. I took little long time to finish this task because I didn't want to miss any single detail which can help.

After finishing the assignment, I started reading Digital IC Design and finished one chapter. Return to home at 9:00PM and start cooking dinner for 7 people alone in a remarkable time of less then an hour. Dinner and cleaning utensils took some more time and it was 11:00PM when I return to the room. That's it! It's almost impossible to do study in the room after dinner when I have at least 5-6 friends around me. So the day over just like that.

February 9, 2009

9th Feb 2009, Chocolate Day!

Humm... very testy day! I don't like chocolate as such but don't want to miss to have special chocolate on this day! Unfortunately bad luck never left me alone! Never mind, the chocolate is due.

A song dedicated to her (Hey Sona from Tara Rum Pum):

Day was full with classes, 3 lectures of 2 hour each! Fortunately one lecture for cancelled and we got 2 hour free! I went for the cycle repair and found that estimated cost will be around 25 Euro! So, I will be probably buying new cycle in place of fixing this one. Tried to study after that but could not able to make any remarkable progress.

February 8, 2009

8th Feb 2009, Propose Day!

This is something which can not be bounded by any ways! Even special distance separation across the continents can not stop it.

A song dedicated to her (Agar Mai Kahun from Lakshya):

Apart from all the unplanned events, I finished one chapter of the Semiconductor Device Physics which was supposed to take maximum 2 hours. After dinner, I spend my time to expand knowledge about Noble Prize and Alfred Nobel. He was the one which discovered the Dynamite. Alfred Nobel was the great scientist, entrepreneur, struggler, and businessman. His last "The Will" has change the way of considering and pursuing biggest achievement in the field of Physics, Chemistry, Medical, Literature, and Piece. He left enough fund to reward "The Best" achievement in the world for years and years.

Some of the source of Nobel:

Official Website:

  http://nobelprize.org

Slideshow: Quick view of Alford Nobel, his will and final establishment of Nobel Foundation:

 http://nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/will/slideshow/slideshow-large.ram

A short summary of his will:

"The whole of my remaining realizable estate shall be dealt with in the following way: the capital, invested in safe securities by my executors, shall constitute a fund, the interest on which shall be annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind. The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics; one part to the person who shall have made the most important chemical discovery or improvement; one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine; one part to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction; and one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses. The prizes for physics and chemistry shall be awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences; that for physiology or medical works by the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm; that for literature by the Academy in Stockholm, and that for champions of peace by a committee of five persons to be elected by the Norwegian Storting. It is my express wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not."

Source: http://nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/will/short_testamente.html

February 7, 2009

7th Feb 2009, Rose Day!

Ideally I was supposed to give rose to my love, but unfortunately I could not able to make to due to the special separation! Still I remember the day and wish to get the chance as soon as I can!

A song dedicated to her (Nahin Saamne from Taal):

Romance apart! Full time-pass with tasty food, fun and talk with friends, a long song-show of about 4 hours long, and a little study. And yes, biggest and heaviest shopping in the Netherlands, only 50 Euro and weight is about 62 KG!

February 6, 2009

Just one world to explain the day: "Nothing"

I did just nothing for the entire day... just food/talk/rest/surf...

February 5, 2009

Same day, same schedule! Running for class and study something. Today I had meeting with Prof Nick and he ask me to write a report with the new development.

February 4, 2009

Still the bad schedule! I am unable to follow the correct schedule which I waned to have. I have planned to change the schedule till this week-end. Today was very simple day with few classes and not additional study. Some additional research have been done as per the plan and I hope I will be able to make the plan successful.

February 3, 2009

Very bad schedule! Yesterday night I slept at 5:00AM and today morning I wake-up at 11:30AM. This is really bad and I should improve it! So, I have decided to sleep on time and wake-up on time! Hurrrr, even today (first day) I could not able to follow this plan but I will try to change it. I went to university at 2:00 and then studied 3 research papers. That's it for the day.

February 2, 2009

Key events of the day:

• Missed 1st lecture of Prof. Nick
  
• Read a research paper of 1948
  
• Watched movie "Heyy Babyy"
  

Can you imagine, I have missed the first lecture of Prof Nick! Nick, the one under whom I am doing my research! I missed his first lecture... anyways, it's now past which is very unpleasant. I should do my best to fill this gap and I will do it. Apart from attending other lectures, I read 2 research papers about pi modelling of RC network in cell delay calculation. And one paper was published in 1948! Return from university at 9:00PM and then cooked food... after that I watched a movie "Heyy Baby" just because I love one song of this movie:

Ankhon Pe Mohabbat Likh De

Saason Pe Mohabbat Likh De

Honton Pe Mohabbat Likh De

Kehta Hai Dil Deewana

Jo Dil Mein Chupi Hi Mere

Jo Dil Mein Chupi Hi Tere

Dhadkan Pe Voh Chaahat Likh De

Kehta Hai Dil Deewana

Dholiya Dholna Raaze Dil Kolna

Dholiya Dholna Aage Kuch To Bolna

Teri Palkon Ka Jhuk Janamm

Tera Chup Chupke Kya Sharmaana

Bin Bole Kehe Jaata Hai, Tera Anjaana Afsaana

Tere Baaton Mein Hai Jaadu, Karta Hai Muhje Bekaabu

Kya Haal Jiya Ka Ab Hai Mere, Jaane Na Jaane Tu

Baathon Pe Mohabbat Likh De

Raaton Pe Mohabbat Likh De

Pal Pal Pe Mohabbat Likh De

Kehta Hai Dil Deewana

Dholiya Dholna Raaze Dil Kolna

Dholiya Dholna Aage Kuch To Bolna

Tu Saamne Jab Mere Aayi, Meri Nazron Pe Chai

Tera Roop Rang Jo Dekha, To Ud Gayi Meri Hawaai

Tere Ishq Pe Kiya Bharosa, Naa Dena Mujhko Dhokaa

Tere Oor Kheechi Chali Aai, Main To Khud Ko Kitna Roka

Hoy Dharati Pe Mohabbat Likhde

Amber Pe Mohabbat Likhde

Manzar Pe Mohabbat Likhde

Kehta Hai Dil Dewwana

Dholiya Dholna Raaze Dil Kolna

Dholiya Dholna Aage Kuch To Bolna

Ankhon Pe...ankhon Pe

Saason Pe..saason Pe

Honton Pe...honton Pe

Baaton Pe..baaton Pe

Raaton Pe..raaton Pe

Pal Pal Pe..pal Pal Pe

Mere Dil Pe Mohabbat Likh De

February 1, 2009

Sunday! This was the last Sunday before next quarter begins and I really enjoyed a lot. Day is started with the check of next quarter class schedule and setup of Google Calendar. Then we had an Antakshari Shaam with Indians, organized by Aparna! This was a wonderful event, get-together with many Indians along with fun & masti of game. Today we had bunch of games which are listed below:

• Simple Antakshari
  
• Antakshari with Singer Name
  
• Theme Song with selected words
  
• Guess the tune
  
• Hindi Dum-C
  
• English Dum-C
  
• Guess word with Rapid Fire
  

Here we can find some of the photos of the people who have attended the game and had fun!

Nothing else after this, return to home followed by regular gup-shup talk with Akansh and Saket.

Now I am going to sleep as I have Q3 classes started from tomorrow.

January 31, 2009

Another relaxing day after exam! We went to IKEA for shopping. There I bought one cutter to grind carrot for halawa and a paper rack of 4 layers. This paper stand is extendable to any number of layers; I bought 4 packs to make the stack of 4 layers only. But I can some more layers anytime and have a bigger stack. I will put photo of this rack tomorrow because my camera is with shailesh. Site of IKEA and map location is given here:

    http://www.ikea.com/nl

Then we had a nice party with lot of fun.

It works! Finally I have completed one month of daily blog.

January 30, 2009

Exams and over and it's time to relax! Had a meeting with Prof Nick, in which we discussed about the report I have submitted to him. He has pointer out many errors, especially grammatical error. The main mistake in my grammar is the missing of Article, i.e. the use of "The", "A", and "An"! Now I have to learn grammar as well!

Then cooking of something eatable because felt very hungry... Along with that, I had discussion with Sanjay, followed by dinner! Then the party time started which went for more then 3 hours! YouTube songs and some more discussions. It was fun with full time masti.

We had finalized tomorrow's plan and need to execute tomorrow! So I should sleep now.

January 29, 2009

Humm. Last exam of the Jan! Finally exams are over. Today I had exam of Semiconductor Device Physics which went very bad and I am going to fail! Sound's bad but this is the truth. I am not worried for this result because I had only 2 choices either do not go for the exam of write the exam and fail. I decided to face the exam in place of running away from it and I did it. Even if I failed, I am not regret about it because I didn't put any time for this course.

Now the fun part! I bought a speaker set for me, so party! Its "CREATIVE INSPIRE A200". Again creative, I am loving it!

Here is the photo of my new speaker:

From Poptahof Noord

Remember, this system configuration is just for the photography, original configuration is little different which gives more comfort and better management of wires!

New speaker, means party! We listen many songs continuously and then I watch a movie named "DOR". Now, I have to sleep so that I can do something for Nick's meeting which is scheduled for tomorrow.

January 28, 2009

Not very pleasant day! Almost night-out for the DSP exam preparation and slept only for 2 hour. Still I was not well prepared and well confident. DSP was oral exam, which is very different and much difficult then any other kind of exam. Here is the little description about the oral exam pattern:

Duration of oral exam is usually 30 min in which 2 or 3 tasks are assigned. First, teach the processor about a topic. Second, explain the assignment / project. Third, explain the research paper. Second and third task may or may not be in the oral exam, this is complete depends on the course and professor's plan of evaluation. So, the first task is common and most difficult task. It goes like this; we have to pull a chit from the lottery which will decide my question. Once getting the question, I have 45 minute to prepare on the topic, this time I can take help from anything except friends! Once prepared, we have to meet the professor. Professor will be sitting on the chair and I have to be on the board and give exactly similar lecture which was given by the professor during the class hours. Professor will ask you question from your explanation and anything which you are missing in the explanation. So, you can say that professor is actually behaving like a student and raising any question a student can raise based on your presentation! Remember, he is not going to ask anything completely crazy, he expect you to have command on your presentation. Once this is done, you have to explain the research paper assign to you and your assignment / project report. Looks very easy? Right? Let me try to give you a glimpse of complication we have in this kind of assignment. Once you get the topic, you have only 45 minute to prepare, and you may get any topic from the entire course syllabus. It means, you must know every topic in the syllabus with depth detail so that you can present. It's not like a written exam where remembering a formula is enough to solve the problem. You should know and have ability to explain. Just like dowry, many more stuff comes with problem explanation, starting from the basic, then the problem, followed by some existing solutions and their limitation and finally the propose solution (which is your topic of presentation) with example! Humm... so you must prepare yourself for any topic of the course syllabus. If you pass, then you must be having knowledge about everything in course. This powerful idea shows excellent capability of this mode of evaluation.

Enough about the examination pattern, so I have mention that I was not confident about my preparation, it mean I was not well prepared on some of the topic, still I was knowing everything enough such that I can prepare myself in 45 minute. Well, I went for the exam and got a good topic. When I was presenting it, I started from the basic of topic and the plan was to evolve the problem from there and reach to the solution. Unfortunately the basic equation which I never though to be tough have puts me into trouble. I told to the professor that I will drive this basic equation, and I forgot the derivation of the question. I felt like the complete equation was erased from my mind just like shift + delete from the system! It was very unpleasant situation. Professor then helps me to derive the equation and then I proceed to the main problem and finish is very nicely.

So, every think goes well except the basic of the problem. At time during the presentation, I though that I am going to either fail the course or he will give me 6/10 only (just passing mark). Professor was good and I think he likes the rest of the presentation and grade me 8/10! At the end, I was sad due to my foolishness and happy that even with such a big trouble, I was able to make it 8.

Another exam is over and now its time to prepare for Semiconductor Device Physics. I haven't put even a single day for the preparation of this course. So I was not expecting to make any wonder in this exam, I just wanted to give an attempt for the exam. Another night-out!

Note: I am writing this on 29th because I was very busy doing preparation of exam!

January 27, 2009

Only preparation for DSP exam.

January 26, 2009

Jai Hind. Vande mataram.

Finally I have completed the paper writing for the course "Introduction to Microelectronics", finished one time proof reading, made correction and then handed-over to the professor.

Now, I have exam on 28th and 29th, in which I have 50% prepared for 28th exam and 0% for 29th one. Let’s see how it goes.

January 25, 2009

Writing, writing, and writing... Finally I have finished first draft of the report for "Introduction to Microelectronics" on the topic of "Implantable Sensors" and discussed about Dosimeter and Epiretinal Stimulator. Dosimeter is used to measure the ionized radiation which is being used during cancer treatment whereas Epiretinal Stimulator can be used to augment the vision and in future it may give readable vision quality to a blind.

After writing the reports, I have realised that I have improved my English writing skill significantly. Unfortunately I am still very week in connecting the sentences to make a nice readable story. I think I need to work very hard to improve on it.

That's it for the day! Its already 5:15AM in the morning and I should sleep now.

January 24, 2009

Just like 2 faces of a coin, today had two faces, a happy as well as a sad. Sad face was due to my very inefficient productivity. I have read half of the paper and started writing report but could not able to focus properly. Totally I was involved into study for maximum 4 hour and all kind of crap in the rest of the day.

Life doesn't ends here. Similar to the sad face, there is a happy face as well. Today I have got my first EURO Salary! Finally I am no more unemployed. Expenditure plans always comes along with the money, so today was no exception. I though of spending this money in various ways, mainly invest into iPod Touch and/or Speakers. But the final decision as per now is to not spend money anywhere and focus on the study and exams first.

Along with this, I chat with Neha, Twincle, and Gyanendra. The chat time was very short and did not contribute to the destruction in my study.

The ends with some memorial photos of my Dutch style breakfast:

From Poptahof Noord

From Poptahof Noord

January 23, 2009

Just two lines for the day: "Read Paper" & "Write Report".

Today I tried to finish first task of reading paper but could not able to complete it. Tomorrow I have to finish the reading and then somehow manage to complete report as well. I suspect that I need at least two days to finish the report which mean Sunday is also gone in this.

Day is started late due to last night show. Yesterday I watch movie "Faison". It was ok types showing life of the model and their own world. Overall it's good to watch once only.

Ok, good night for now and have to finish the reading part tomorrow morning, followed by remaining task of report writing.

January 22, 2009

Another usual relaxing day after exam! Even having exam pressure, I did nothing for the study. No problem, I have prepared myself to do best from tomorrow. In fact, not only tomorrow, I will be doing study entire next week until I finish my last exam which is scheduled on 29th Jan. Then only one exam will be left which is on Feb sometime.

Today I saw movie "Slumdog Millionaire" and found it really good. I have also downloaded movie Faison. I may watch this one as well but not sure. Anyways, from tomorrow, no movie in Jan!

Also, I have added my all calendar on my blog! Made some of them public and change lots of setting. I have also added "My Web" section on the blog page which has my all web appearance including Orkut, Facebook, Linkedin, and Picasaweb along with the personal Calendar.

My Calendar

My Reminder

Holidays (Indian/Dutch)

Birthday / Anniversary

My Study Plan

January 21, 2009

This was yesterday! I slept very late in but didn't write the blog... and this is because I was little upset and confused, without any plan of the day. Yesterday, I had an oral exam for Methods and Algo. I was well prepared and acquired knowledge about almost all the content of the course; unfortunately I missed the grade due to presentation. I was supposed to read a research paper and present it. I was prepared with it but I having a completely new topic, I thought to explain this topic on the paper-sheet. Unlikely, professor was expecting a power point presentation and he cut my marks because of this.

Initially I though to retake the exam which will be in Feb/March, then as usually I start analyzing the ROI (Return On Investment) for this. And the result comes out that I have to spend at least a week to get more then 8. Since TU Delft does not give 10/10, I can get only 9. So, for just 1 grade, I have to put a week of effort and no any additional knowledge gain. Instead of retake, if I spend the same time on other exam then I can score same good grade along with the new knowledge! And my motivation of doing MS is gain knowledge and not the grade.

After coming out from the short term depression, I was full with energy to work on the coming task! And I am happy to gain confidence on myself.

And here we go with the good news of the day! I received contract paper for my work as Student Assistant with Professor Nick in TU Delft. This contract active from 23/Dec to 1/Sep, around 8 month. Unfortunately I have to pay TAX which might be ~40% and Health Insurance which is ~8%. Totally ~50% will be detected from the employer's end and I will get only remaining ~50%! Even this is good because I will be getting at least something.

At the end, the quote suited to me is: "Life is Unfair, Get Used to it!"

January 20, 2009

Tomorrow I have exam of Methods and Algorithms, so I spend almost full day for the preparation, had 2 discussion sessions with professor, modified assignment along with 1st test print etc...

Now I am going to sleep, but I have allotted only 2 hour for sleep if I want to perform decent in the exam. Sleeping more then 2 hour will directly impact on the preparation of the exam which will be reflected in result.

Nothing else for the day except exam of Methods and Algorithms.

January 19, 2009

No study today. Only assignment! Today I have finished assignment of DSP and 60% ready of its exam which is scheduled on 29th. And good news of the day is that my NoC exam is re-scheduled for Feb, so no tension for this one.

Now here we go with the worst news of the month. World Economic Recession hits the family. It heart when someone very special get heart, and this is what happen today. I wish to get quick recovery from it.

January 18, 2009

Sunday! Another week-end is over... and humm too much of study, engaging myself fully in preparing for the exams but still I feel that a lot is left untouched... really hard time for me... I hope the time will pass-by smoothly. Today finished few lectures of Digital Signal Processing and that’s it...

And here we go with a good news... "CEO Saab" has offered new exciting responsibility on my shoulders. Here is the task in his words:

Ashish Nigam's Major Responsibility:

  a) Posting ideas.

  b) Reviews Our Ideas.

  c) Reviewing Users ideas.

I am very impressed by his idea about opening new horizon to the innovators and entrepreneur in India and giving then a platform to explore new ideas! I am very influence by his meditative thought of take India ahead of USA/UK and I am always with him to make his dream success. We hope that with our little involvement and contribution, we can go ahead of any existing system.

CEO Saab Jindabaad!

CEO Saab Amar Rahe!

January 17, 2009

Pretty relaxing day, wake-up at around 9:30 but did nothing except chat/email/phone till 1:30, then lunch. I covered only 2 lecture of the Digital Signal Processing which was effectively 5 hour of study. So, over all very unproductive day, still I an happy as I spoke to my family many times!

Today, I surf Indian Post website and found very good collection of the Indian Stamps which I have downloaded from there and uploaded on my Picasa-Web Album. These stamps are available on my web album right here:

    http://picasaweb.google.com/ashish.nigam/IndianPostalStamp

Also, full detail can be found on the India-Post website:

    http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Netscape/Stamps2001.html

Hummm... sleep now...

January 16, 2009

Today I slept only for 2:30 hour. I went to bed early morning 7:00AM and wake-up at 9:30AAM. That’s why today I am feeling sleepy now itself.

Today again I studies only methods and algorithms. Now, I have to go for DSP, NoC and other subjects as well.

Now, I am going to sleep and hope to have better routine for tomorrow.

January 15, 2009

Humm.. wake-up at 1:30PM... too late to start a day. Also missed the appointment with ABN AMRO.

Anyways, I watched 1 DSP lecture video and almost finished Methods and Algo assignment. Going to sleep now with the hope that I will not miss tomorrow's meeting with prof.

January 14, 2009

Khichadi, Today we celebrate Makar-sankranti which is also know as Khichadi in North-India. This day, we eat khichadi with Green-daal and chalawal, along with dahi, papad, achaar, salad, aur ghee! Being in Netherlands and cooking by our-self, it's sometime difficult to maintain all the traditions. Same happen here, we had yesterday's khadi and I didn't want it to get waste. So, we eat khadi but I have decided to cook khichadi next day.

Apart from this, I wake-up really late (around 1PM) which I didn't like. Then I went to university to finish assignment. This assignment is really crap! You have to add around 100 images into the report file and probably one page of text content. Well, I am still in the process of doing so. I was working till morning 7AM and forgot to write the blog of the day. Anyways, this is not too late, I wake-up and finished this task.

January 13, 2009

13th January! Finally the most awaited date has arrived! This is the date on which our "Millenniour Professor" has decided to have our final Analog CMOS presentation. I worked with Saket in this project and Saket did most of the work in the design! Our design met all the specs except SNR and which is missed by only 0.8 dB! Even after meeting all the specs, I realize that something was missing. And looking into other group's presentation, I evaluated our project to be 8/10. Now, waiting for the final results to come, this will take probably 1-2 week.

After the CMOS presentation, I went to 17th Floor lab and decided to start on assignment of methods and algorithm for system design. I have read all the background knowledge needed for the assignment, but unfortunately MATLAB is not working properly on my system. So, I have to go to course lab tomorrow to finish the assignment.

Enough for the day.

January 12, 2009

Today was a good day. I have finished last chapter of "Synthesis and Optimization of Digital Circuit". Now I have to finish the assignment and go for the exam. Also, we have completed CMOS presentation slides which we are going to present tomorrow. So, next target is NoC Paper Writing. I have also planned to finish Methods and Algorithm exam next Monday. I will check it with professor tomorrow.

And yes, I have taken very strong decision to uninstall all the software which eats time. This is only for January (till exams). So initially I uninstalled Skype / Google Talk / Google Earth / Yahoo Messenger / Google SketchUp. Then I though to have Skype... downloaded and installed it. Now, I have only Skype but very few friends on it, so not much wastage of time. Also, I have decided not have long chat till exams over. Hope taking all these steps will help me in making exams better.

Its time to sleep now, I have to prepare myself for presentation tomorrow.