I am Back..

A lot of time had passed since I last wrote here. Many things happened in this duration. A brief list of them..

Last sem was not that bad.. got an 8.0

Then came placements. Got placed as a Technology Analyst at JP Morgan Chase, Mumbai... joining in the first week of July

And then began the final sem - Treats, reports, presentations, exams and more treats (No classes you see!).

Participated in Cruise Control- the RC flying competition of Techkriti'09. Became the first person at IITK to fly an RC plane. It was a dream come true for me to become the first local participant after organizing the first succesful event last year :). However, I crashed the model (a Scanner) immediately after the event and so, no more flying after that :(

Trying my hand at Gliding too. After 20 sorties, I can get a Students Pilot License which is not useful for anything except to say that I did certain number of rides and had some basic training. One has to do around 70 sorties to get a General Pilot License. But, the gliding club had serious problems with the pilot and not many sorties were possible with him. A new pilot was appointed recently but by then, the climate has changed and winds became too strong. So, the activities of the Gliding club slowed down. My current score is at 9 and I dont think I would be able to reach atleast to the SPL before leaving this place. :(

The course "Exeriments in Flight Mechanics" was awesome. All we had to do was to attend a couple of lectures and enjoy flight rides :). Dutch Roll, 60 degree banked turn and Phugoid experiments were my favourites!

Planned for a Sikkim tour during the Holi vacations but was forced to drop it after my BTP guide said, "To you everything is important except this project. Remember, you are playing with fire" :( . Almost all of my wingies who planned to go to that tour had one problem or the other and most of them dropped out. Those who did not have any problem too dropped out as their number is too small to continue with! :D

Got started with skating recently and began liking it already.

Had an awesome treat with Aero Y5 guys. It was one of the best treats I ever had.. will write about it later.

And the final end semester exams are starting today. I have my first exam tomorrow. Time to start preparing... Bye Bye!