My Thanks giving 2008 break week

As soon as, my class on the Thursday before thanks giving week was done it was holidays for me. I had planned something to do everyday during the break.

The technician returns:

On Friday, I came to work and had fun with friends at work while trying to get the Life After Class magazine done. On Saturday, I went to my friends house to fix his laptop and PC and after that he gave me a treat at a classy Italian restaurant (Olive garden) because I helped him on many occasions with his technical problem. He has the power of making anybody agree to whatever he says even if it is wrong. And he uses this power to get stuff for way cheaper than what it originally costs. So I asked him to get me a Nintendo DS Lite for $50 from somewhere. He said no problem at all because he has a lot of “connections”.

The PS2:

Then he gave me his non-working PS2 and asked me if I could fix it. I took it home and tried to fix it. It took me not more than 30 minutes to fix the problem. After I informed him that I fixed it he let me keep it for as long as I want it. So I have been playing his NASCAR 08 and MX vs ATV unleashed games since then.

BURNOUT strikes back!

I thought of buying a few old favorite used games on eBay. So I went online and checked for Burnout 3 and found it to be available for $9.99 then I saw that there was an auction on all the three versions of burnout for $4.25 + $2.99 shipping so I bid on that and got the 3 games finally for $12.73. Now what my plan is that I will play the 3 games and then sell the Burnout 1 and 2 on eBay and get money back and keep the Burnout 3 with me.
Then on Monday, I went to Chicago with 2 of my friends to meet my former roommate. We had a great time hanging out and walking in the downtown for 9 miles among the building. We then returned to Edwardsville on Wednesday night.
Wednesday night, went out with friends and hanged out till 6 am in the morning and then came back home and slept till 2 pm on thursday.

What is the main things for us during thanks giving?

The main thing for us is the thanks giving sale on the day after the thanks giving festival i.e. the Black Friday sale. On Black Friday sale the stores put up great/cheap deals with limited quantity for 1 day and whoever is interested

Thursday night, I had a plan with my American friend to stand in the line for the Black Friday sales at Walmart because they had more number of deals which we wanted than any other store. My aim was to buy 5 Nintendo Wiis and some other cheap small electronic gadgets for various purposes. 

The Great Get together of Fall 06 Batch at SIUe

It all began in Fall '06:

Our (Fall 06 Batch of SIUe) first gettogether started at Eat Street in Hyderabad before we came to SIUe. We all planned and met at Eat Street and got acquainted with each other before coming to SIUe. Many of us even planned to fly together to SIUe. People booked tickets in bulk, 4 to 8 people together. I flew alone though.

After we reached SIUe, our batch everyone had lot of get together parties at our house (Goverdhan, Sai and Mine). We had so many get together that we became very close. Almost every day and night we used to hangout with each other especially at a bench present in the open area near our houses. We used to sit there hours and hours and chat.

As the semester went on our friendship became better and better. Then one by one some graduated and some were left here to finish their rest of the masters due to "complications". Then as the last part of our batch was about to graduate we started to have get together parties again.

re-gettogether of Summer '08:

During the Summer 08 semester in SIUe we all had 1 whole month of weekends as get together parties. As soon as the weekend came we used to have get together at the same place (Sai's house). Shilpa, Sruthi, Usha, Vineela, Chetan, Hara Krishna, Sandeep, Jay, Sai and me had regular get together at the house. And we even organized a get together at Raju's house at cougar village for a change and invited all the Fall 06 batchmates for dinner and had a good time.

Many of of gettogethers:

On the first week of our get together we went to Six Flags on July 5th together after going to see the St.Louis fireworks for the July 4th. Then me, Jay and Sai went to the "Ready" movie on July 12th after a long time then another week we had a dinner party at cougar village on July 13th with a lot of fun playing games followed by another dinner party at Sai's house and then drinking party for everyone (all batches) at Sandeep's house on the occasion of everybody successfully finishing masters on July 17th. Then another day we all went to the DARK KNIGHT movie at showplace on July 20th and had a great experience watching it from the front row.

On July 24th, we all went to eat dinner at Denny's restaurant and then hanged out at Coldstone Ice cream center and had a great time. After that we went back to Sai's house for Dhawal's Birthday party and enjoyed the cake. After that we all sat till morning 6:30 am and played Dumb Sherads, and some other games. We had a lot of fun hanging out the whole day together.

On July 25th, I returned from job and slept in the afternoon because of the last night's less sleep, then ate at Sai's house at 10:30 pm after waking up and then went to a birthday party, came back and had a great drinking party sponsored by Jay. We kept drinking and talking and enjoying till 5:00 am in the morning. I never had that much fun before.

Bye Bye Shilpa:

Next day when I woke up, it was 1:00 pm and Shilpa came to say bye to us. She was very sad to leave us. After she left to Chicago, we all went to Shruthi's house and hanged out at her house where she made double ka meetha for us. She makes very nice double ka meetha. I requested her more and she made more and because I liked it so much she made some almost everyday for us until she left Edwardsville. While everyone was free because they graduated I was working on my projects as my classes were still going on.

Next day (July 27th) got up at 2pm and tried to do .net assignment but hung out at Shruthi's house and ate upma and brought their useless furniture to our house for our use. On July 30th, I went work earlier than I was supposed to come in and went to class after finishing work. Submitted the Final project and then Me, Jay and Sai went to Bobby's to eat Ice Cream after a week of wait and postponement.

Trip to St Louis:

Jay wanted to see the great things of St Louis which we haven't seen so we chose a saturday before he left Edwardsville for good and selected a few hot spots to check out, like the Anheuser Busch Beer factory, Botanical garden, Farmer's market and some other places. We had a great day roaming the St louis downtown area too, listening to music and walking all the way.

Bye Bye Chetan, Jay and Sandeep:

Then soon Chetan, Jay and Sandeep left Edwardsville one after the other on different days. We had a great time hanging out together. We wished that we should have hung out like this during the past few years too.

Bye Bye Raju and Shruthi:

We had a get together with Raju the day before he left to India in his own style. Me, Sai, Shruthi, Hara and Raju who were left in edwardsvillle from our batch went to Pere Marquette State park in the eveninig and then while driving back from the park along the beautiful river bank we stopped at a restaurant which we never observed before and checked it out. It was called Fin Inn. It was a great looking restaurant with aquarium around the table having a variety of fishes which they serve and have it in the river. I and Hara had french fries and breadsticks while the others enjoyed various fish items which was inexpensive and good. After such a great get together the next day Raju left with some of my stuff which I gave to him to take it to India and the in a few days Shruthi left.

Bye Bye Hara:

Now only Me, Sai and Hara were left and we enjoyed the school to the fullest by going to the cougar lake boating with some new friends and then one day Hara came and told that he is leaving today and flew away, very short notice. I didnt even realize that he was leaving edwardsville or leaving to some place for fun. Now only me and Sai are left in Edwardsville.

When will we meet agian?

We will be having a great get together again in December probably, when some of them come back to take their graduation walk and then again in India Night 2009.

There was a lot of talk about our get together when we had them. People kept talking that it was crazy to have get together almost every day but what can we do we just like hanging out with each other so much.

Miss You all, guys!

Bloggifying after a long time

During July our Fall 2006 batch guys had a great get together party month. i.e. throughout the month we kept on meeting and having get togethers. We had a lot of fun. By the end of Summer Semester all our batchmates left for getting a job. (Check out my Fall 06 Batch gettogether Blog)
Studies and Workout:

On July 28th, I went to work and worked out in the gym according my scheduled workout time and worked on my ADO.net project.
On July 29th, I didn't go to work coz I had to finish my project. I sat till 2:20 pm and finished the projects with some doubts which I clarified with classmates and submitted still having some errors in the project. As the professor gave students some more time till end of class I sat and finished it there.
On July 30th, I went work earlier than I was supposed to come in and went to class after finishing work. Submitted the Final project and then went to Bobby's to eat Ice Cream after a week of wait and postponement.

The Last Trip with Jay:

Jay wanted to see the great things of St Louis which we haven't seen so we chose a Saturday before he left Edwardsville for good and selected a few hot spots to check out, like the Anheuser Busch Beer factory, Art Museum, Botanical garden, Farmer's market and some other places. We had a great day roaming the St Louis downtown area too, listening to music and walking all the way.
Then soon Chetan, Jay and Sandeep left Edwardsville one after the other on different days. We had a great time hanging out together. We wished that we should have hung out like this during the past few years too.

Outing with Raju to Pere Marquette:

We had a get together with Raju the day before he left to India in his own style. Me, Sai, Shruthi, Hara and Raju who were left in edwardsvillle from our batch went to Pere Marquette State park in the eveninig and then while driving back from the park along the beautiful river bank we stopped at a restaurant which we never observed before and checked it out. It was called Fin Inn. It was a great looking restaurant with aquarium around the table having a variety of fishes which they serve and have it in the river. I and Hara had french fries and breadsticks while the others enjoyed various fish items which was cheap and good. After such a great get together the next day Raju left with some of my stuff which I gave to him to take it to India and the in a few days Shruthi left.
Now only Me, Sai and Hara were left and we enjoyed the school to the fullest by going to the cougar lake boating with some new friends and then one day Hara came and told that he is leaving today and flew away, very short notice. I didnt even realize that he was leaving edwardsville or leaving to some place for fun. Now only me and Sai are left in Edwardsville.

Outing with Abhay before he left:

I saw Wall-E, Wanted and some other great movies during the summer break. It was an amazing summer with my friends. After all my batchmates were gone. One day Me, Tenzing, Granil and Abhay went to the Indian Temple and then to the Zoo park after 2 years. We all had a great time at the zoo.

The entry of new kids into Edwardsville:

Soon we were about to enter a new semester, so a lot of new kids flew in from India. One of the kids brought 2 pairs of eye glasses from India through my Mom. She selected exactly the model of eyeglasses which I never wanted to have! But everyone said I looked very sharp in those glasses so I was ok with the new ones. Plus I had no other option as my other glasses which I had were already broken.
That guy and other 3 guys came in to Sai’s room as Jay left. Anna as usual got them and started the ragging session. Those 4 guys got the same kind of welcome from his as we all got. 1 of them moved to a different area to live and 2 of them filled 2 vacancies at Sai’s house. And the 4th guy was just a bakra to Anna’s ragging from some other apartment.
In my room I needed 1 new guy after Sachin, Purushottam and Abhay left, but the guys who picked up the new students from airport dropped TWO new guys in my house and asked us to provide shelter to them until a permanent house is found for them. So we got along very well in the 1 month we were together. When Anna finally after 6 years, decided to move out from Edwardsville one of the two new guys moved to Sai’s house and everyone was happy.
I have been very famous among the new kids because everyone knew me even before I introduced myself to them. When i said my name was Ranjeesh some people would go “ Ohh! you are Ranjeesh, The pendrive man”. Thats because I used to have a pen drive hanging on my neck all the time showing off that I am a tech guy. I have a great time with all the juniors. Its just my nature that I mingle with everybody no matter what their age is. I think its because I dont have a big ego problem like others do and I donot usually take any comment to heart (Most of the times). Overall I am good with everyone.

Sai’s New Car":

Sai’s car (Nissan Altima) met with an accident because of some old lady’s reckless driving on the highway and he had to pay the price coz he hit that lady’s car from the behind and here in the US the fault is always of the person who hits from behind. Sai’s car insurance paid off all the damages for the old lady’s car But he had to TRASH his car in the junkyard for $350 because it was repairable.
We had some good memorable trips on Sai’s old car and we remember those trips a lot and within that week he bought a better car (Dodge Neon) for even cheaper ($1800 vs $3000). Srinivas anna said that Sai is very great coz he bought a new car within one week of the accident and no one usually does that so confidently. Hats Off!

Lots of Gift getting @ Work:

At Work, as I was the employee of the month again, I went and collected my $10 gift card and saved it for future to buy a gift for somebody someday from the University Bookstore.
Again took the $10 gift card for employee of the month and got accumulated 13 points for good workmanship. If I collect 15 points I can exchange it for a Free movie ticket.

Spetemeber 18th - Birdthay party cake allover room cleaning ... work unpaid due to underload problem! ISS fix no work to get pay...paper talk with Jerry and Blythe Flop..89/100 A in CS 516 quiz
September 25th - Went out with Tenzing and Granil to Buffet city after getting 100 in fujinoki quiz without asking, Borders - realize Tenzing Bday
Sept 26th - Planned Tenzing Bday party, Cake cutting, Movie Eagle Eye, Shop n Save
Sept 27th - Temple and Boating with So called GF
Oct 2nd - Career Fair ,Racism, Dr White, Nidhi, manisha, Sai the bloody, Dinner at Mr.Curry's
Oct 4th - Boating with all as last weekend of boating
Oct 5th - Haraleft
Oct 6th - Granil Bday Party
Oct 7th - paper Registered
Home coming week - Free drinks, library, Library study, Homecoming Football, Bam Bams,
International nite 2008
Mid Term 2 bakwaas
paper progress
Quiz 100
Workout and challenge of Nates Phone laptop modem connection , eat in Gokul Chat


Dec 12th - Wii for Gagan, gamespt + Walmart few more