PES 2009 A review

Whoa! What a game! I first played the game with an old graphics driver and the graphics was crappy. A change of drivers and the game is awesome. 😀 It’s one of the best games I’ve ever played and it’ll keep me busy for atleast a couple of months. The game sports a different menu look which is cool (reminds me of some grafitti on a wall). The game has a new feature this year. This is the “BECOME A LEGEND” feature which makes a comeback. PES veterans would know that this feature was in PES long before EA introduced the “Be A Pro” in the 08 version. The game looks even slicker this year and I feel the overall game speed has been increased by a slight amount. I haven’t checked out the online mode of PES 09 and reviews say that the game actually works, given the fact that the performance was poor in the 08 version. Another big addition in this edition is the UEFA license.

A birthday to remember

The past week is a week I would never forget in my life. It all started on Thursday, the 28th of August. I was shocked to hear that my grandma (mom’s aunt) had passed away. She had been one of my well wishers and the first one to bless me on my birthday. I was depressed to see her being taken to the cemetery the next day. I had my Project review on the same day, ie Friday, the 29th and we managed to answer every question that was thrown at us except for the last one which was about our work division. We couldn’t find an answer to this and Sai, though he managed to conjure up something, failed miserably. 😀

Cognizant Neenga nallavara kettavara

Wokay! I’ve got placed in Cognizant Technology Solutions. You might say “Big Deal!”. I too was a bit disinterested in a company like Cognizant but after I sat for the pre-placement talk, I knew what Cognizant was made of. Cognizant is the fastest growing top-tier IT Services Company and they’ve achieved that in record time. Now, that’s something. They are on a recruiting spree and have recruited 1103 out of the 2600 people who appeared. There was an aptitude test that tested the math skills, verbal and attention to detail. 2199 were selected for the next round which was the usual interview. I was asked some basic Physics questions, a few Communications questions and a few questions on Speech recognition.

Cognizant

Wokay! I’ve got placed in Cognizant Technology Solutions. You might say “Big Deal!”. I too was a bit disinterested in a company like Cognizant but after I sat for the pre-placement talk, I knew what Cognizant was made of. Cognizant is the fastest growing top-tier IT Services Company and they’ve achieved that in record time. Now, that’s something. They are on a recruiting spree and have recruited 1103 out of the 2600 people who appeared. There was an aptitude test that tested the math skills, verbal and attention to detail. 2199 were selected for the next round which was the usual interview. I was asked some basic Physics questions, a few Communications questions and a few questions on Speech recognition.

Indian Cricket Team - Asia Cup

Which team in the world would bundle out for 76 in just 20 overs after scoring a mammoth 627 in the previous innings? Which team would come back strongly to win a test at Perth against Australia after losing a couple of tests?  Which team would play some incredible 20-20 cricket but lose to a team like Bangladesh in ODI cricket? Which team would score 413 in a world cup game yet would not qualify to the Super 8s?

How do people find time for blogging

As I was going through my profile on Orkut, I came across a link I had added onto my “About me” column, which was this blog. I came to know that I had posted the last post of this blog in December 2007, almost a quarter year before. I’m pretty amazed by people who blog everyday. How do these guys find time? Or more appropriately how do these people remember that they should write a blog? Anyway, with the usual oath that I would blog more regularly, I start of with this blog’s theme.