The Return.

Ok. Now I am used to this. Coming back to my blog after months and writing something stupid- I am used to this. Anyways, I was sitting idle, doing nothing, so decided to check back. Anyways, I have been thinking on a new layout for the blog, and will begin to work for it in a few days.

                        Today I had the Jack Kilby Science and Technology quiz, where I failed to qualify for the second round. The cutoff was 18, and we answered 14. And out of those 14, I answered 13 myself. Reason being that my partner was pathetic. I only took him because he registered for me. But now, I regret my decision. :-(

I answered 13 myself.

Anyways, two teams from my school qualified- 'The Psychopathic Idiots Strike Yet Again 21' and 'Fifth Graders'. Eventually, both of them came 5th and 6th. The quiz was a little tough, but was very interesting. I'll upload the archives shortly.

The TCS IT Wiz is coming up on Saturday, the 27th.

Waiting for it eagerly.  

And then, the Regional Maths Olympiad. Its on the 5th of December, and I have been preparing for it since November. I seriously want to qualify for it. But yesterday, Vaibhav gives me a shock, by saying,

Registrations closed yesterday.

Still, somehow I managed to register for it. :D

So, meet you later, I'm off to sleep. Feeling very sleepy in the evening, I don't know why.

My First MUN!

Ok, here's it. I'm finally going for a MUN conference!! MUN, Model United Nations, is a kind of a simulation of a real United Nations Conference, where students represent their respective alloted countries and discuss about a given issue. And Me is going for the Chennai Model United Conference, to be held on 29th- 31st of October. Actually, it's not a very big deal, but I have been dreaming to participate in it since I was a kid. Well, a still am a kid, but you get the jist, right?

Meanwhile, my exams are over. They were good (they always are, though the results are'nt), except for the fact that I screwed maths, big time. And I am going to my hometown for Durga Puja, to rest and enjoy the vacations. While the city gets screwed up as the Commonwealth Games arrive. They have and are seriously causing the city a lot of trouble. But one good thing has come out of all this, atleast for me. There's a Metro Station right next to my house, yipee!

Signing Off,
Manas
President
National Sarcasm Society

I Also Have A Dream

I am sitting on the top of a hill, under the shade of a magnificent tree. There is a majestic waterfall in front of me, where the water is constantly churning to form froth. A bright sunlight is shining on this water to make it sparkle like a diamond, and a very faint breeze is blowing the crispy autumn leaves in the air. I’m writing my next book, after my first novel made me the youngest person to win the Man Booker Prize.. at just the age of 22! Just as I was thinking about my novel, suddenly a butterfly comes and sits on my lap. I keep my notebook aside.. and I begin to play with the butterfly. Dreams surely have wings!


Signing Off,
Chuck Norris

New Blog

I have a habit of making new blogs and websites, probably wanting as much space on the web as I can find! Anyways here's it-

http://manasjha.blog.co.in/

Visit it, and comment on posts. Its nice.

Eternal Boredom

The title speaks itself- I'm terribly bored. Taken a week off from school, and absolutely nothing to do at home, except sitting on the computer and playing Spiderman Demo. Very Boring.

Well, there was this Janmashtmi yesterday, which is basically a festival to commemorate the birth of Lord Krishna. We (that is, my colony) celebrate this festival by organizing a Jhanki making competition, which basically means that various groups make jhanki's, or large scale representations of the life of Lord Krishna. Here are the final standings-

• 1st Position- A Block 4th Floor ( My Block )
• 2nd Position- C Block 3rd Floor
• 3rd Position- A Block 3rd Floor and C Block 4th Floor.

Actually, this is quite useless, even though my team won. Though obviously I did'nt work. I've got better things to do, you see. Like sleeping, eating, making quiz papers etc. So you see, I'm a busy guy.

Signing off,

मानस झा

It is out!

Well, I'm talking about the Request for Proposal for the Asian Regional Space Settlement and Design Competition. It's quite complicated stuff, I know. Basically, the RFP's are out, and the team of my school (which unfortunately includes me) is quite excited about it. Though I don't find it exciting. Who wants more work burden on their shoulders? Anyways, it just means more work- for them. As I will obviously not work! I have got other work to do, you see. Like sleeping, studying for exams, making quiz papers. So you see, I'm quite a busy guy.

Signing off,
Busy Guy.

A Complete Waste of Time.

I am trying to find a site on the web which will make a website for me. I don't know why. Maybe because its quite cool to have your own web space, where you write and others read. Anyways, I have Dengue. Quite a long story- I went to Ahlcon Public School for a competition, and we had pizzas there. Next day, I had viral, and after 2 days I got food poisoning. When I went to the hospital to get the tests done, it came out to be Dengue. So I'm sitting at home and wasting away my time.

              Which reminds me, my half yearly exams are going to start very soon. And I really need to start studying. But I don't want to. I am not that hopeless, you see.

You must have observed by now, that I am writing crap. Or rather,bullshit. Just like that fake IPL blogger was writing bullshit. So I guess, reading all this was a complete waste of time, for you. Just like writing all this was a complete waste of time, for me.

Wordpress

Today I saw a few wordpress blogs. They have more features and all, and the blogs are much better. Just thinking to change over to wordpress. But what's the point? My blog would anyways be always full of cobwebs (if you got the metaphor).

Columban Open Quiz 2010- Veni, Vidi, Whisky

Columban Open Quiz, the biggest interschool quizzing event in north India, rolled on this time on 30- 31 July. My team comprised of Raghav Minocha, Vaibhav Darbari, Utkarsh Agarwal, and ofcourse, yours truly. My School, DPS RK Puram, was sending on 5 teams this time from the school, compared to the 40 teams that went last year. And those 5 teams did not include my team. Sad. But we were determined to go for Columban. You see, we have been participating in COQ since the last 2 years. In 2008, we got 2 out of 40 in the prelims, and in 2009 we got 8 out of 40. So, we really had chances of qualifying in the prelims this time. So, we called up the president of the quizzing society of SCS, and after some talking, we finally got ourselves registered on an indivisual basis. Here's what happened in the quiz.

Day 1- We are supposed to report at 9:45 AM. And so we did. Apart from us, there was one more team who was going on an individual basis- The Things. So we assembled in front of the Edmund Rice Hall at 9:30. We then registered at aroung 10. My team no. was B-61, while The Things were B- 63. We went in the Edmund Rice Hall at around 11. The prelims started after 5 minutes, and we attempted around 15 of the 40 questions. I answered 4, Vaibhav 3, Utkarsh 3 and Raghav 1. While the others were guesses. The depression period started when we were'nt even able to answer a single audio- visual. But still, we qualified! We were on tied 8th position along with some other team. Then came the Quarter Finals. 4 teams from group B had qualified for the Quarters out of the total 10. So that was nice. In the quarters, the team of the Quizzing club president and all got 70 points, and topped. We answered 2, of which I answered both. :-). But still, we missed the semis by just 1 question, as if we had got one more question right, we would have got 30, and thus we could have qualified. There was a question whose answer was Mozilla Firefox, and we answered Mozilla. And got it wrong. Hence, could'nt qualify for the semis by just 1 question. :-(. But still, COQ this time was awesome, and we hope to do even better next time....

Money Made The Mare To Go

"Will you lend me your mare to ride a mile?"

"No, she is lame leaping over a stile."

"Alack! and I must go to the fair!"

 "I'll give you good money for lending your mare."

"Oh, oh! say you so?"

"Money will make the mare to go."
 
 
Almost every aspect of life is today influenced by money. No wonder, the safest way to double your money is to fold it and keep it in your pockets...

Where is Chuck Norris?

Apple IPhone 3G S

So guys, as you know, the Apple iPhone 3G S is out in the market....officially! Well, the IPhone 3G was overall a pretty good phone, but quite slow, if you ask me. But know, the 3G S promises to be one of the fastest in the business. Well, they may not me wrong, as the 'S' in the 3G S stands for Speed! Here are the technical details--->

Speed

• The iPhone 3GS has a new processor built-in. Apple claims that it is up to two times faster than the previous generation: Launching messages is 2.1 faster, load the NY Times in Safari: 2.9 times faster. It also consumes less, which has an impact on the improved battery life.

Camera

This is one of the strong points of the iPhone 3GS, according to Apple. They increased the resolution to 3 megapixels, which—judging from the shots they showed-seems much better quality under all conditions.

• 3 Megapixels sensor.

• New camera, with auto focus, auto exposure, and auto white balance.

• You can also tap to focus, changing white balance in the process. That is really neat, if you ask me.

• Special macro and low light modes.

• The camera also supports photo and video geotagging.

• Any application can access all the camera functions now.

• It supports video, 30 frames per second VGA with auto focus, auto white balance, and auto exposure.

• You can trim the video shot just using your finger, then share it via MMS, email, MobileMe and YouTube.

Connectivity

The other part of the "S" is the support for the faster 7.2 Mbps 3G standard, which in theory will deliver data faster to your iPhone.

• Three band UMTS/HSDPA.

• Four band GSM/EDGE.

• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g.

• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

Graphics

• The new iPhone 3GS includes new 3D graphics support in hardware. This means faster and more complicated 3D games.

• Same 3.5-inch widescreen multitouch display, but this time it has a fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating. No oily marks then..I suppose. Will it sustain my french fries-cum-gaming torment?

Design

• Same design as before, including the glossy finish of the back.

• Same size as the old iPhone 3G: 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.48 inches.

• The weight increases a bit: One ounce to 4.8 ounces (135 grams vs 133 grams).

• Greener materials: Arsenic-free glass, BDF-free, Mercury-free LCD.

New Special Features

• It has a magnetometer, which works with a Compass application, third parties, and it is integrated into the new Google maps app, showing your orientation with a small semitransparent cone.

• Voice control. You can now talk with your iPhone, Enterprise-style. You can instruct it to play similar songs to the one you are playing, or call people.

• Nike + support built in.

• Supports accessibility features, like zooming on text, inverting video, and voice over when you touch whatever text is on screen.

Battery Life

• One of the more important new features is the increased battery life.

• According to Apple, you will get up to 12 hours of talk time on 2G and 5 on 3G, with a up to 300 hour standby time.

• On 3G, it will deliver 5 hours of internet use.

• On Wi-Fi, Internet goes up to 9 hours.• Video playback is 10 hours vs 30 hours for audio.

Price

If you are "a valued AT&T customer," AT&T offers an "early iPhone upgrade with a new 2-yr commitment and an $18 upgrade fee." The price? $399.00 for the 16GB iPhone 3G S and $499.00 for the 32GB iPhone 3G S. It gets worse: For non-qualified customers, including existing AT&T customers who want to upgrade from another phone or replace an iPhone 3G, the price with a new two-year agreement is $499 (8GB), $599 (16GB), or $699 (32GB).

Standard price-

• $199 for 16GB version.

• $299 for 32GB version.

Bye bye, AT&T.

So, overall, a pretty neat phone. Nice new features, good camera, fast, pretty fast.

My rating- ☻☻☻☻☺- 4/5.

What is A Blog? Do I deserve it??

Without bidding your 'extra' time on my heck of a blog, I start off right here.

What is a blog? A place where you care to keep your readers entertained by doing the HECK of a thing. But me...me? I am a little too busy with my competitions, and hence have to see you people with sad faces everytime you care to open this site. So i am back, trying to release you from the prison of boredom...Here are a few lines from my....fingers!

Me and my blog, together in lonliness,
Bue who cares? No ones wants his mind with extra stress!
It is all about you and your reaction...
But to me, only If I spare a few time from Linkin Park and Michael Jackson!
Are you people finding this boring?
When I saw my blog last time, I went snoring!
Just trying to rhyme a little too much, is'nt that idiotic?
It is just that different style of words I pick...
So gotta go, it's time for dinner,
and if I am late, I am a gonner!
So bye guys, and just turn up to this site once more,
Because you'll get to see more things, that's what of I am sure!

SIgning off,
Manas (The Gonner who does'nt care about his blog)

Examination Fever!!!!!!

Exams are days to go, and tention is going to conquer my head.
play???? tv????? games?????. No time for even a slice of bread.
fussing up dozens of books, my head is cooked.
the fun of these few days is booked.
Ok am I rhyming???? Must be the practice for the english test.
No need to wish me luck, coz my mind is already running for the best.
its time for history, who cares to read about Indian evelution.
But who either cares to read about cockroach's evolution?
Not giving the examinations?? your time is great!
But we have jump in the well straight.
Ok, time to go, hope to meet you again,
but only if my results are not in vain.
otherwise??? hanging on the fan, no problems no tention.
But finally you have to study for future pension!
So bye bye tata farewell, got to see the history book.
I have even forgotten how do i myself look!

- Manas Jha

Intelligence Quotient- IQ

Before we get into details, let's see what is IQ-

An IQ is a composite of your scores across 12 distinct aspects of intelligence. Each person has a unique intellectual make-up, with strengths and weaknesses that affect their methods of understanding, recognition, communication and association. These 12 aspects are-

- Pattern Recognition
- Computation
- Logic
- Spatial Skills
- Rote Memorization
- Reading Comprehension
- Intuition
- Structural Creativity
- Visual Creativity
- Geometric
- Comparative Analysis
- Processing Speed

Ok, so now you know the basic thing, lemme tell you that my IQ is 158!!!!!!!!

To know more about my results.....contact me.

Now one thing must be arising in your mind- to take the IQ test.

So go to-

http://www.iqtestlabs.com/
http://www.testcafe.com/

So best of luck for your IQ test!!!!

Note- DON'T use the paper and pencil for this test, if you want correct results.

The Influential Song- My December

- Linkin Park Lyrics

One episode- That changed the goal of my Life

The first episode that I watched of 'My Brilliant Brain' on NatGeo shaped my life to a new motive. Quantum mechanics, a rather 'undiscovered' field of physics for many usual people, but the aim of my life- To do something special, different from the others, in the field of quantum mechanics. So what if I am not familiar, or too small for it??.....I say that If you have the will, then you have the way. So better late than never, I have decided to work upon quantum mechanics from this age and start learning the basics. Thanks for the inspiration, Natgeo!

Now one more thing that touched my heart was 'My December' by Linkin Park, which proved to be the lucky song for me! It is an awesome son, which inspires me and also defines the depth of life and how to deal with this depth. I have rather become very 'emotional' this week. But overall, this was a very nice week. So I am signing off, with the aim of quantum physics in my soul.

By the way, say this if you can(fast)-

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper, a peck of pickled pepper peter piper picked.
So if Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper, then where is the pek of picled pepper peter piper picked????

International Informatics Olympiad

Yo! International Informatics Olympiad gave me my first BRONZE medal and a cool gold plated Parker Pen.....that's coz I came rank 47 across 7 countries of the world. Rank 47 all over India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Sri Lanka and Myanmar!!!!!!!!!! It was a pleasure, as it is a prestigious position! Now that I am very happy with my results....I am going to have a sound sleep.....so Bye!

By the way, say this 5 times continously- This notice that you notice is not worth noticing.

Manas

Debate- Enlgish Literary Week 2007

This was my debate speech for the english literary week 2007-

Good morning everybody. I am Manas Jha of class VII- G and I will be speaking against the motion on the topic ‘Spare the rod, Spoil the Child’.

In this era of rapid development, surviving has also become a challenge. Not just a bachelors degree, but good etiquettes, manners and discipline give you an identity in the society, and an edge over the others. These manners are not like chapters of a book which can be learnt at any point of time, but they are habits which either develop in us at a very young age or never. These manners are taught to us by our parents, sometime by the use of words and sometimes by breaking a few cricket bats. Yes, getting scolded and sometimes getting beaten up is also an essential stage in our life. But one question must be arising in your mind after getting scolded that why do the parents hit children. Actually, when the children are young they don’t have the maturity to differentiate between good and the bad, and feel that whatever happening around them is the right thing to do. They also have fun in the act and continue to do it, whether it be good or bad. Their parents, being matured and knowing the depth of the world, explain their children about the right things and the wrong, and sometimes when the children don’t follow there advices then the parents get enforced to use strict and stern means. When children are scolded or scared at one act, it leaves an impact in the child’s mind that if they do it again then they would get a scolding again and so they stop doing it. It is that child’s environment that makes him adapt to it, and do whatever is happening around him. Let’s take a simple example of the school, where small activities like fighting or stealing if not controlled at a very young age let on to create bigger cases such as smoking, drinking, gambling and eventually spoil the child’s life. I guess even children would feel bad about the ‘cruel’ tasks of there parents but their parents are there own well- wishers and they always want the good of their children. And eventually even you all would get to know that avoiding those few scolding could have ruined your life! So after these 2 minutes of speaking, we conclude that ‘Spare the Rod, Spoil the child’ should be reconstructed to ‘Spoil the rod, but don’t spoil the child’.

Thank You
-Manas Jha

WHISTLE OF THE GREEN

WHISTLE OF THE GREEN

Before the alarm, before the yawn,
Swaying there wings, chirp at first light, morn breeze
there essence makes our refreshing soul sway,
those dew drops at the greenery,
give a diamond shine to the whistling morning,
Nature is not what you see, hear, smell,
It is what you feel, because it is the whistle of the green.

Then the father of all, shines its pride from the east
Blooming the sunflowers, in the seek of a cohort
Thriving the animals, in the lookout of drops of life,
Increasing the competition for food, between breeds
Germinating new saplings in a hope of a smile on the seeds,
Nature is not what you see, hear, smell,
It is what you feel, because it is the whistle of the green.

Then sets the shine, with a joy of today and hope of tomorrow,
Generating a breezing, cool red sky, Speaking its beauty, without words
That silence, below the soft glare of the moon,
And the twinkling beads, like decorating the heaven on earth,
And the garden breeze winds, summing up the beauty of god,
Nature is not what you see, hear, smell,
It is what you feel, because it is the whistle of the green.

Tend to forget the past, being lost in the present, having a glimpse of future
Nature may not be our parent or teacher,
But a messenger of god, to emphasize its creation,
You don’t see the wonderful language of nature,
It is what you feel, because it is the whistle of the green.

So at last, with a spirit of charm, and the thought of the calm,
We would plead to hear the cries of the nature,
What is it trying to call for, in spite of its beauty,
Calling for help, to make your fore sons feel the beauty,
It would like you to save itself from the disaster and calamity,
As nature is not what you see, hear, smell,
It is what you feel, because it is the whistle of the green.

-MANAS JHA