Why I don't burst LOUD crackers

When I was a kid I was very innocent and I used to tell the truth. I told everybody that the reason I don't burst loud crackers is because I am afraid of them. Now I just tell everybody that I am an environmentalist

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Time Management

I had to give 3 seminars in one week. To manage things, I used almost the same set of slides for all of them. I even wore the same set of clothes to 2 of them

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At stake

Bets worth Rs 150 crore were placed on the birth of Aishwarya's kid. Bets worth Rs 200 crore were placed on Sachin's hundredth century. I wonder how much people are willing to bet on me getting my PhD

Research Progress

When I joined PhD, I thought I will do something original. Unable to do that, I started making an attempt to modify or improve something that has already been done. After some time, I downgraded to trying to reproduce the reported results. Finally, unable to do that also, for the last 2 days, I have been sending emails to the authors of papers asking them how they got their results. I wonder what the next phase is

Here's my card

Whenever I meet my old friends who joined the industry, they give me their business card. Since I don't have one, I don't know what to do in return. I just show them my college identity card. I am now thinking of getting photocopies of my ID card and handing it over whenever I meet people

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We Picked and We Plucked

The other day, our guitar instructor told the entire class to play a tune together, in a synchronized way. At the end of our performance, he smiled and said that we sound like a swarm of mosquitoes

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To Pick or To Pluck

In my first guitar class, we were asked to start by just picking the strings to get a feel for the instrument. When I tried it, the guitar slipped from my hand and fell down. Since then, the instructor insists that I start my class by just holding the guitar and standing still for some time, to get used to it

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