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Straight from the heart of a bathroom singer

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Being a member of our college band, I've performed quite a few times. As rhythm guitarist I've always been standing near the drummer or the piano guy in our band (Well @ COEP stage, guitarists have fixed corners to stand :P). Looking at the singer from there is something that really could make you feel jealous! Also I've been wanting to sing at-least one song on the stage in front of the fully packed auditorium since long...(That day will surely come, I hope :) ). When I hear the "once more" shouts from the audience my desire to sing just quadruples every-time. Well, this desire of mine has been thumping me since my school days. Thats when I actually began to practice my singing skills, well it all started from within the bathroom walls. Bathroom is the place where you get the perfect echo, the perfect reverb and your voice simply seems magnificent. Thats the place where you gather your motivation the most. That divine voice of yours in there shows you so many col

IA lecture... really impressed :)

Today we had our Industrial Automation lecture...(opted for this elective subject after a lot of dilemma). The lecture was for those who had missed the first few lectures. The faculty being the Dean of Academics and the person whose wrath is feared throughout the college. I had opted this elective subject for two reasons : 1. The syllabus had really interested me 2. Wanted to try out the most dangerous and feared elective subject. (Last semester, the Instrumentation department was famous for offering the most low-scoring elective) So I thought, lets have a good challenge this semester. The teacher had impressed me from my first lecture. Really he constantly emphasizes on "out-of-the-box" thinking. Some of his one-liners are worth noting. Right in the first lecture I realized that all what I had heard of this elective were rumours. It really grabbed my interest. Also the promptness of non-teaching staff in setting up the classroom (totally alien for CS and IT dept) impressed m