April 16th, 2008 / 2 Comments » / by aditya
I am selling my Telus cell phone plan. To the contrary of what you may think, it’s a really good plan. It’s only $38/month all-in. This includes everything (i.e., SAF , 911 fees, taxes, and whatever else). Here are the details:
- 200 daytime minutes
- unlimited local incoming
- free 6pm to 8am on weekdays
- free on the weekends
- free voice mail (10)
- free caller id, call waiting, call forwarding etc
- free calls on your bday
- free incoming texts
- Contract expires on Nov 2010
As an added bonus, I will give you my four month old Samsung U540 phone for FREE!!!
If you’re interested, please contact me.
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Tags: telus
March 2nd, 2008 / 2 Comments » / by aditya
I’ve got 5 minutes. Here’s my rant:
- I want to learn. Learn about anything.
- This week couldn’t have been worse, man. But I am ready… for anything.
- What does school really teach you? Not sure but it earns you respect.
- One day I’ll figure it out.
- No one can motivate me but myself.
- Luck. I wish I had it.
- Hard work is everything, man.
- It’s also the highest I’ve ever been in my life.
- But I am not satisfied.
Posted in: future, hard work
February 19th, 2008 / 1 Comment » / by aditya
Hard work is relative. What you consider hard work is not what I, yadda yadda, you know the rest. My definition of hard work is always evolving. In high school, I thought hard work was working at no frills after school. Now, I wouldn’t consider it “hard” by any means. My definition of hard work last week was pulling an all-nighter, staying up until 5pm the next day, sleeping for two hours and doing an assignment until 3am. Next week, it might be different. But whatever the case, the trend is that I am doing more work lately. And that’s good.
With hard work comes blah blah blah. I want the ‘blah’ and I am ready to work my butt off for it. I need one great idea and a few people who believe in me. I am already half way there.
My interests are very much Web 2.0 (or 2.1) related. I still feel there are many applications related to social-networking technologies that have not been exploited. I’ve got tons of ideas. And I am working hard.
Posted in: hard work
February 4th, 2008 / 2 Comments » / by aditya
I watched the super bowl today. I was pretty hyped for this game especially since I am a Patriots fan (during the playoffs anyways) and I had no doubts they would come out victorious. I was supposed to be working on assignments but I managed to “sneak in” and watch most of the game during my “study breaks.” Unfortunately, the Pats lost. And as a result, I’ve come to the sad realization that I’ve lost two hours of my life watching a game that is now fruitless to me. I’ve gained nothing from it. I cannot brag tomorrow to my friends. The fact is I don’t even want to talk about the game. And I can’t talk about the commercials either (even though they suck since we get the Canadian version of the feed) because during commercials I put my head down to read my Computer Networks book. What an uneventful night. Next time I watch a sporting event, I need to ask myself, “What’s in it for me?” The answer is obviously nada. I am not a true Patriots fan. I know two players on the team: Moss and Brady. Frig, I think I can name two players on the Giants: Manning and Burress. There! I am a Giants fan. Go Giants. Yeah.
Now I can go on with my life knowing that I did not waste two hours. What a great feeling. Networks, here I come.
Disclaimer. I googled Burress’ name.
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February 2nd, 2008 / 1 Comment » / by aditya
I got up this morning to the sound of my cell phone vibrating. The text message read “hey, no school today” (thanks Martin). I placed the phone on the bed and went back to sleep. I got up a few hours later and checked my email. In my inbox, there was an email from UTSC that re-stated what I already knew: Today was a snow day. I looked outside the window. It was tremendous. Snow is a beautiful thing when experienced from the convenience of your room. The trees were covered with inches of snow, the road was unplowed, little kids with their knee high boots were helping their dads shovel. It was picturesque, Disney-like, and then I noticed my car buried under 5 foot of snow. The thought of going outside in the cold and shoveling so I could get the car in the garage was distressing. The snow was coming down hard, if I waited any longer, I would have no chance of getting my car out. The thought of not having a car for the weekend was motivating enough to make the journey downstairs. I got my gloves on, put on the hoodie, and shoveled for at least an hour.
As picturesque as it was outside, I came home as soon as the car was in the garage and vowed never to go outside again for the day.
I’ll be the first to admit; I am getting old. Snow days aren’t the same. It is unfortunate that I am more concerned about getting the car into the garage than putting on my snow pants to go sledding. Things change with time. I am not sure I like it.
Posted in: growing pains, snow day
Tags: 2008, Feb 1, snow day
January 19th, 2008 / 6 Comments » / by aditya
I have been playing for the i-slam basketball league for a couple of years now. I can say that every year I have gotten a little better. Unlike many of my basketball buddies, I never played organized ball in high school and as a result, I have had a hard time adjusting to the full court game. It’s different than half court and it’s taken me unusually long to adjust to it. The trick (I suppose) is to slow the game down and only resort to a few moves on the offensive side. It’s hard to learn these things when you don’t have a coach at your disposal.
This past i-slam season has undoubtedly been the best experience of my life in terms of basketball. It all started when one our top player left the team at the end of last season. This left a huge void on the offensive side as he averaged over 20 points per game. But this gave me the opportunity to finally showcase my skills. Since I was getting more opportunities to score and handle the rock, I increased my season point average to about 20 points per game which was an increase of 10 points per game as compared to last season. My rebounds and assists also went up. But not only was I doing better statistically, but more importantly I felt much more confident and I could sense that my teammates believed in me. It was a great feeling to have the trust of my teammates and I used the confidence they gave me to have the best season of my life.
Two weeks ago our season ended as we lost in the quarterfinals of the playoffs. I had the ball in my hands with about 10 seconds to go in a game where we trailed by just one point. Out of the timeout, our play was initiate a “mismatch” where I would be isolated against the big man on the other team. The play unfolded just the way we had designed it; I had the ball in my hands with the big man guarding me. Instead of pulling up or driving, I noticed that my teammate was wide open and I passed him the ball. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get a shot up and we lost the game. It was a heartbreaking loss. I still vividly remember every detail of the play… and the aftermath of it. The taste of defeat left me at a loss. In the past week, I have replayed the finally 10 seconds over and over in my head and I am still not convinced that I am over it. It’s going to take time but I have learned a lot as a result of playing this season. Even though I apparently played a great game and had a great season (Most Improved Player, Three Point Champion, First Team All-Star) it means nothing to me because we lost. I know it’s a cliche and all but that’s how I feel.
If there was one thing I learned this season, it was the importance of confidence. If you believe in yourself then anything is possible. Confidence is key not only in basketball but in life as well. Having said that, slowing the game down and practicing elementary basketball moves is probably the only reason I am now considered a good full court player.
I can’t wait ’till next season! Go Kawthar!
Posted in: basketball, confidence, i-slam, leadership
January 5th, 2008 / 3 Comments » / by aditya
Never knew finding a template would be this much work. After a few hours of intense googling, I found one that looks super nice. I am keeping it.
You should read my blog daily.
Some pictures from the holidays.
Cadbury. He likes playing, sleeping, cuddling, eating, and doing stuff at approximately 12am. Cool cat by all means!
Aged snowmen in my backyard which now resemble penguins.
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Tags: template
January 4th, 2008 / No Comments » / by aditya
Welcome to my blog. Thought I would do something productive with what’s left of my winter break and here I am starting a new blog…
You should visit my blog daily.
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