After a Pretty Long Time..

 Its been an year since i posted here.. I had no time to think about it.. Last time it was 'first year in higher secondary' and now its 'first year over!!'.. It all went so fast than i could imagine. I still feel like I wrote the 10th exam just a few days ago!. One year went like the blink of an eye. I know I was writing here before about the challenges and dreams and ... such and such.. and its still on with full swing. Last year was good for me. It was... satisfying.

I just went through all my old articles that I have posted here since my 8th standard , small things were so exciting for me.. all those small trips, vacation, school life..so and so..,  and i am really surprised by the way i changed all through. I really enjoy reading them now because i like that feel of my innocence then which i understood only now, the famous Innocence of Childhood!.. I have read and heard that when we grow up normally our perceptions about everything change, our approaches, our visions, the perspective by which we see things..everything has a big change. I have really understood it and experienced it now. But I know it isn't over yet.. more change is on its way, but i am happy that most of them turns out to be positive.. 'Learning from Experiences'.. and I am totally in love with the word CHANGE.

Now its vacation LITERALLY, but really busy days. Lot to do. Preperation for next year and completing pending things.. and related stuff.. Its gonna be tough days coming ahead.. So i'm not gonna be here for a couple of months from now. In between I read some books. I had made a review here before about  The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. It was so inspiring and I was tempted to read more of his books. I read his Veronika Decides to Die and the Aleph. Very deep books.. not everyone would find it very interesting.. i'm sure about that.! Little swept away by them.  But I think next time I am gonna pick a different book of totally different style... and that definitely is gonna happen only after one year. !

The Other Side..

What does Gaddafi's death mean for Africa?

shared from BBC

First Year in Higher Secondary

Its been like 6 months since I last wrote here... I was too busy with school (and that doesn't mean I'm not busy now!). Its been really tough this year to keep up with studies but I believe I'm doing good so far. Seriously speaking, this seems to be my best year in school. Everything is going just great.

 I was a little off mood in the first month...not only me, all my friends too was in same condition. We couldn't just accept the fact that we cant be in 10th anymore... We've been together in same class for like 10 years, and most of 'em split up now to different schools for different reasons.. We were really missing the old class, the old atmosphere and many other elements which we wont get back.. Then slowly, everyone became good friends and now we are ok with it..

 I'm in the Computer-Maths ( no biology!) Group as I've mentioned earlier.We've been brain-washed in 10th by our senior batches that higher secondary is like HeLL coming to earth. Anyways for me, it has been more comfortable than last year. Maybe, its because I'm working more now. Health conditions weren't goin balanced earlier , but now I learned to manage it. I'm much more systematic and everything is going planned now.. not because I wanted it like that but because there is no other way. The syllabus is like a vast ocean, I've to survive.. I don't want to compromise on my dreams.

 Right now, we're busy with Youth Festival.. The last time I wrote about it here was during when I was in 9th.. Anyways, it hasn't been much exciting this year like before. But, anyways its our last chance to be in a school Youth Festival.. So, I don't want to miss it..

By the way, one of my blog posts was published in The Hindu :).. Thanks Hindu for considering it.

My Creation.. Track Follower Robot (Arduino)

Vacation Robotics Camp

   Its the vacation after X Standard now... We didn't get the result yet (curse CBSE!). I am trying to utilize this vacation to the very best. I had plans of going for Computer class for studying C++. I'm going to need it for next year because I'm opting for Comp-Maths Group (English,Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Computer). Me and my father were searching for a good place to go for class. Finally, we decided  to go to Keltron Education Centre. We got to see another notice about an electronics and robotics class there. My plan is to go for engineering in future. So, I decided to try out this course.  I wanted to know if I have a real aptitude towards it. That was the objective.

    

I'm really happy now.  This was definitely a good option. They taught us the basics of electronics. I didn't had much knowledge about the various devices because I'm in CBSE Syllabus( which I understood later on). I think the State Govt's Teaching syllabus is way better than ours. There is no room for us to think and know more. The first classes were about the basic equipment used in electronic devices and their principles.We had a small introduction about C - programming too. I think they were trying to give us a logical understanding regarding its application and the basic procedures involved. We're using an Open Source electronic prototyping platform (Arduino board). We did some basic circuits with LED and programmed it. Then, we started robotics, had an intro about its kinds, applications, and functions.  Its almost one month since it started and its going to end within a week. T Our final competitive project is to make a line follower robot. I am trying my best to do it well... I will tell about in my next post, have to concentrate more..