GatorNights

We have this awesome concept of having fun on Friday Nights. We hardly spend anything and guess what we get some free stuff too!! GatorNights are Friday nights when there is a movie and other shows happening at UFL.. At 12.00 AM free breakfast is served. What more can a graduate student ask for?

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I saw the movie Paramasivam starring Ajith, Laila, Prakash Raj and others. Oh My GOD, Big Mistake!! I couldn’t see even one logical scene. It was totally absurd. How could somebody direct a movie like this? To top it all this movie was said to be the comeback film for Ajith.. I wouldn’t even call it a movie. It was 2 hours of nonsense.

Brewing money - Starbucks!

A place frequented by most of the students... Actually not only when they are students, even after graduating!!

Starbucks is the largest Coffee chain in the US. I should say they have proved as to how something started small can become a Big Hit! Every major city / Univesity town has atleast one Starbucks.. All the airports have one.

I guess one of the criteria for opening a mall in the US, is that there should be atleast one Starbucks Store!!

This article is a cover story about Starbucks..

Let me share my views of the success of Starbucks..

A cup of coffee (12 Oz.) prepared at home will cost at the most 80 cents [commercially].. For the same, at Starbucks we pay $2.99... No wonder why they are making profits ($$$$)

Wasted 2 hours!!

I watched the movie "In America".. It was a very long and boring movie.. I have no clue as to why I sat through the movie!! It is about a family from Ireland who migrate to the US and stay on illegally... To me it didn’t seem like a movie about a family's suffering... It seemed more like a depiction of what happens when one stays in the US illegally!!

My advice: "Don't watch this movie... Please"

Indian society

Reservation System for education is totally unfair. People dont get what they actually deserve. Because of this the quality of education as well as the output from industries seem to go down.

How did a few of us feel when we lost the opportunity to get into a good engineering college because of the existing education system (based on caste) in Tamil Nadu inspite of having good grades?Didn’t we think it was unfair? Didn’t we want equality? Then how come we accept this system?

I really hope to get answers to these questions sometime in the future. I would really like to see the day when the whole caste system is abolished and everything is based on merit and personal achievements and all of us are considered as fellow humans.

Journey from Aggieland to Gatorland

First of all wish u all a very happy and prosperous new year!

I should say that the transition from being an aggie to a gator has been pretty quick!
I am finally settled down at Gatorland.

Picture source : Wikipedia

University of Florida is an amazing place. The school is accessible from anywhere in Gainesville.
There are amazing shuttle services which run every 10 mins!
I really like this place. I guess this is one decision which I will never regret.

Already I have made quite a few friends here. And guess what, I am staying in a townhouse apartment!! It is soo cool. I am all excited about my new chapter at Gainesville.