good sessions, bad sessions

what i have learnt from the last few weeks is that a few sessions (lectures, tutorials, practicals) are awesome, most are average while some of them are down right sad :(

both the lecturer and the students bring something to the table. The lecturer mostly brings his/ her experience and knowledge acquired through,

a) applying the content in real-world, and/or,
b) refining his/her knowledge by teaching since a long time

The students also bring their own experiences in the field as well as a "thinking cap". I really believe that the best way to learn things are to understand the cause and not the effect. by letting the idea of getting good grades or the necessity to pass the unit go, a student can achieve much more from a topic. Studying at university is like running a marathon, if you waste your energy thinking about the goal, the race becomes tougher and tougher, but if you let go of the thought of finishing but try to enjoy and savor what you ARE learning; sooner or later, the finish line will be in sight.

the ultimate truth

behind every successful man, there is a woman
and behind every unsuccesdul one, there are TWO

world's greatest shave

I am participating in the world's greatest shave and volunteering to shave my head clean to generate funds for leukemaea foundation. Please support the good cause by going to - http://my.imisfriendraising.com.au/personalPage.aspx?SID=58176

a small donation from you and a clean scalp for me will make a big difference :)

cheers
gaurav

addendum

while going through my top 5's, gunjan was wondering how come i didn't put up my "hottie" list :D. it's essentially a no-brainer -

demi moore, emmanuelle chirqui, gayatri sharma, yamila diaz, penelope cruz

while I am at it, it might as well put down gunjan's hottie list :D

kaka, john abraham, kunal kapoor, sean connery (expired product), daniel craig

quoting gunjan - "I need a lot of hottie lists, a hottie soccer player list, a hottie cricketer list, a hottie actor list..."

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gunjan's idea, and i quite agree with it, is to actually have a favorite characters from books/movies/ theater etc...

mine would be dr. who, jeeves and wooster (as a pair), denny crane (boston legal), chandeler (friends), will hunting (good will hunting)

gunjan's - dr. who, empress of blandings (the pig from pigs have wings by P G Wodehouse), captain nemo from 20000 leagues under the sea, rat creatures (you can see why gunjan also likes sean connery), sirius black (who weirdly is seriously white in the movie :D)



have a great weekend guys!
G2

too much time

having finished the preparation of my first two lectures, submitted a research paper and done designing all assignments, I have too much time remaining on my hands, so i came up with my top 5 list, after the conversation with chirayu regarding swades and whether it should be in top 5 hindi movies or not. thinking about my top 5 choices, I think this would be it (of course, subject to memory)

hindi movies: swades, andaz apna apna, sardar, hera pheri, raat
hindi movie albums: dil se, saathiya, thakshak, caravan, teesri manzil (i replaced bombay by saathiya)
hindi songs (individual): rooth ke hamse kaheen, phool gendawa na maro, thayya thayya, afreen afreen, aye mere pyaare watan (kaabuliwaala)
hindi actresses: smita pati, nandita das (don't care two cents about any others)
hindi actors: aamir khan

english and other language movies: when harry met sally, kung fu hustle, kill bill 1, matrix 1, run lola run
english albums: best of gipsy kings, best of me bryan adams, stripped, west life greatest hits, Abba gold
english and other language songs: djobi djoba (gipsy kings), beautiful, remember the time, in the arms of an angel, old town (wow, I come out as a real softy in this one :D)
english actors: eh...
english actresses: meg ryan (i know i know she can't act to save her life but there's just something about her, call it my guilty pleasure :D)

could someone please tell me what "doubt" was about!?!?!

warning: contains spoiler
just finished watching "doubt". the movie's either

a) just weird
b) above my intellect

i just felt that the movie left too many questions unanswered. it's like trying to find the killer without knowing who was killed.

why does father flynn resign? is it because of

a) scared of getting previous wrongdoings becoming public
b) to save the black kid from further trouble
c) fed up (of streep's nagging)
d) the director had to end it because
          i) movie was going over-budget
          ii) meryl streep got pregnant and they
                  can't show that

confucious says - friday the 13th

following material might be offensive to some people. don't read if you think you will be one of "those".

a man who can't give complements has trouble with the opposite sex
a man who comes to terms with giving complements will thrive
a man who gives complements and means it, is just gay...

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marriage is like a chair, have no clue why

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if you don't try, you have zero percent chance of success, if you do, you have 100 percent chance of dying (mahatma gandhi, on wasabi)

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behind every successful man, there's a women. behind every failure, there are two

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a person who can't find a job, does a phd. a person who doesn't get admission into phd becomes a toll collector. a person who gets rejected for that grows up to be sarah palin

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a friend in need is a pest indeed

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test cricket is like late-night television static. yuvraj brings the morning news.

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modern indian music is like a high-school passout. it doesn't know what to do so just follows the other "cool kids".

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saturday night debate - harry potter vs. wife; anybody's wife. HP is so f***ed :-(