Monday, May 26, 2008

Amigos


I intend to write few words about some of my friends including the ones in above photo. This is not meant to judge anyone and although everyone is changed from what they were in school/college still this post should be fun for many and will give my perspective about them. I will be using a lot of adjectives here to describe how they were although some relations are unexplainable. I haven’t included all my friends here.

My first friends from junior kg were Neron and Allwyn. They were in d same class as mine until 8th standard or so. I am still in touch with Neron.Neron was/is very kind and decent guy ,Allwyn is kind of funny and later on got more interested in his clothing.(there is a joke related to that so distinctly remember)
School Buddies:
Anand P - hardworking.......stayed near my house....moved after 7th,8th...great person
Anand Koli- always smiling, joking at right times, smart.....looks up to his sis.....it was an honour to be one of his buddies in school...although I didn’t like that always scored greater than me.
Snoweel P-tolerant, good friend
Sunny F- funny...showed me how to be tolerant towards people
Pranav Ande- full of tricks
Sheldon-deceptive in a way but actually an innocent person...was great friends with pranav
Feral Dabre-Scholar turned poet later on.....intelligent in a different way.....not so neat though
Merwyn- very stylish,neat,elegant person.....average in studies
Morten-egoistic at times but disciplined too
Botham-always smiling....his nick name was Batli....
Princely-wayward at times but always will remember his feuds with Anand Koli
Francis-smart(likes to express everything in english)....moved to some other school after 5th....was in same college....
Persis-charming,caring
Nissa- funny....confused at times....great person
Hema-good leader, loud many times......got angry easily.....
Candida-adorable
Sheetal-emotional.....helpful.....(doing PG in Physiotherapy now)
Namita-great kabaddi player......passionate about d work undertaken
Avril-intelligent,reticent
Romel-funny,very naughty person......shared d bench with him in 10th standard
Varun- witty....fun to be with...always looking at the positive side of things
Salvet- humorous in a different way....great story telling skills
Brinold-neat….great person… always caring
Ashley- Scotch (thats what he called a Scholar)
Claudius-great funny person….played a lot of cricket together….full of ideas
Vinay Kutty-studied a lot…funny at times…even played a lot…..now intern at IIT Powai….(idol in a way but have to say was irritating sometimes)
Sagar-intelligent, reticent, great friends with Vinay Kutty
Gibson-helpful, very passionate while playing sports…..
Arshaan- one of the funniest….loves to crack jokes….later on developed right plans for himself….
Hari Prabhakar-always trying to make fun of Arshaan….Great Athlete,(amazing runner..)
Salman- Intelligent, Hard working, always advising Arshaan…..(all three cracked great jokes…)
Joy Tuscano-intelligent but annoying, egostic at times….
Swapnil- Unique….cant be described…
Ashoka- innocent….underestimated and made fun of at times
Prasad Ubalkar-Tolerant of others, concerned about many things
Vaibhav-expressive, strong person
Yuvraj Vartak-fun to be with, intelligent…..always with vaibhav
Aditya- sensible, nice person
Brijwell- clever, great smile
Orlina- elegant, clear about her goals…..icon of intelligence
Lewin- cheerful
Subodh-always involved in fights but a decent guy with a wicked sense if humour

Junior College Friends:
Neha- friendly, cheerful, caring
Reena-Great smile, practical
Namrata- always keen to be involved
Ashwin- Reticent, confused at times but always supportive of others
Abhilash- large… amusing
Pritesh- animated about various things…
Rameez- chatty
Mudassir- sensible
Vithesh- stylish, intelligent…..icon in a way…
Ronald- overuse of abusive language….a decent person
Rahul-loud at times, over expressive
Amit- over expressive,egoistic
Zenon-classy, great dancer

College Friends:

Arthav-Scholar…
Harshad- Daring…great friend
Sylvester- warm, affectionate, dedicated
Vallence- famous person….great at football…
Vishal- urbane…
Sarthak- sensitive but practical….amazing person
Paresh- passionate about cars….reticent, intelligent
Raghu- hyper active but a great person…
Yogesh- Honest…confused at times….always willing to learn something new….funny
Harshad Mahadeshwar- Fashionable….dedicated to the work undertaken only when needed
Shantanu- great captain, innovative
Rahul- Street smart
Shounak- hardworking….really likes to hear jokes
Adnan- humorous most times…
Monish- compassionate
Alok- great listener, kind
Nikhil-inspiring person for me.....very tough mentally....
Vikram- erratic, chatterbox….but a good person
Ashish- great friend, helpful
Krish- witty, childlike at times
Rishubh- great person....i behaved badly with him for some months especially when travelling to college...but he was the same friendly person, helpful......
Bhavna- smiling most of times….. enthusiastic
Shreeja- classy, cute
Juvin- expressive...idol
Anuja- intelligent
Mona- practical, sympathetic
Meenakshi- really funny person , confused sometimes....intelligent
Neha- urban, confident
Ruchi- clever

P.S. : decided to post about this since its d vacation. I apologize in advance if this post has hurt anyone it’s unintentional.
Comments are always welcome.(yeh like anyone of the above is even going to read this...still have to write that comments are welcome)

Monday, May 12, 2008

Evolution

Whole theory of Evolution is a big mystery.There has been a lot of conflict between religious groups and scientific community.There is no doubting that Natural Selection and Survival of the Fittest apply to all populations and cannot be ignored yet there are some conflicts which i have decided not to mention.

Evolution is a broader term used for adaptations made by a species/living being over a period of time for many generations.The adaptations alter the species so much that the offspring is considered to be a different species altogether.But is it really.....?
First there were single celled organisms.....then multi celled organisms evolved from them....If we consider before that mitochondrion (organelles responsible for oxidation) were a different than the cell......over a period of time they developed a symbiotic relationship with the cell and became a part of it.......k...this is not a science article but had to include the basics.

There is one video by Fat Boy Slim which shows the stages of evolution and in the end an Urban male is shown just relaxing.......It is estimated that about 95% of our DNA is Junk DNA(with no function-just redundant segments) its just an estimation.....probably so much of evolution has used up the DNA or maybe just 1% of the Master molecule has been used and rest if for future adaptations.....
Now the average human has evolved so much in such short duration....it would be beyond comprehension for a human living before 17th century or so to understand the things around ....Just imagine there wasnt even electricity that time.....

One of the most fascinating symbiotic relations is that of a Man and Dog......Somehow it shows the power of Humans over other living beings.....we all know that Wolves are ancestors of Dogs...Man tamed these wild wolves and over many thousand years or so this part of the wolf population adapted and evolved to a new species i.e Dog.Now dogs can be trained by humans to do many things....even help the blind when walking......This also in part conveys a message regarding why humans are here.....and it has nothing to do about pondering over how humans evolved......
This is undoubtedly my most contradicting post.