Some sites for placements...

freshersworld.com
placementpapers.net
geekinterview.com
paperplacement.blogspot.com
spiritofchennai.com
kyapoocha.com
feucos.com
chetanasinterview.com
123eng.com
yuvajobs.com
placementweek.com
placementpapers4u.blogspot.com
e-sparc.com
coders2020.com
jobassist.com
boredguru.com
vyoms.com
geocities.com
sureshkumar.net
dialcampus.com
careerxpert.com
allinterview.com
ittestpapers.com
placementsindia.blogspot.com
freshershome.com
hudihudi.com
goldenjobs.com
fresherslive.com
freeplacementcell.com etc etc...
http://mmmec.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=19&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
the last link gives some more links...also visit orkut community target placement and the like...

Sapient cracked!!!

26th Aug, 2007...this has been my luckiest day, in quite a long stretch of not-so-good luck...Today, i cracked Sapient, and i've heard so much about the company, that i cant help but be overjoyed...the questions were from that repeated bunch of sapient questions only, that circulate over the web; but i think what they were looking for was a good and somewhat different (from the solutions available on the net) logic...

I had almost no hopes to begin with, many "todu" programmers from IT/COE were still left; and I being from BT wasn't that much fluent with the coding...anyhow, i glanced over the previous questions, thought of an approach and looked over the net if there was a better way...you actually have to understand the 67 seat problem and think of a logic before running into coding; but that being said, i am no bond, so follow the advice of the pro people...

In the interview, i was asked repeatedly to find alternative approach and a better way of doing things; i'm not too sure how i did here, but i made some suggestions thinking from the common sense...then, some typical HR questions; had to convince him that though I have done projects in BT, i am really a software material; I think i did good coz i saw a fleeting smile on his face; which i assume was because he got impressed...asked me certain situation based questions; how i handle stress; anger of seniors; last minute goof-ups etc...again, i think i did well in this section...in the end, he gave me a feedback that i'm very interrupting; which kindof crashed my iota of hopes, whatever was left...and i actually left with no further expectations...

at 10:45pm , i got a message that i am selected...:))))
can't be happier...

Images...

Beautiful image of pigeons at kashmir(no, i din take it; courtesy: google search)....first thought that comes to my mind is...

यह रोज़ होता है जनाब,
कबूतर आते हैं, उड़ जाते हैं
फिर क्यों एक आज़ाद सुबह ऐसी
लगती है इतनी हसीन हमें...

Things life has taught me...

A recent accident that happened has helped me revise the things that i have learned from life...

1. Never put you bag on the backside of auto..you're doomed to forget it
2. Never buy an expensive wallet.. the more tattered it is, the better chances of it not getting stolen/lost.
3. Always travel light..the less you've, the less you loose
4. If you're on a diet, a great tip-don't keep any junk at home...most hunger-pangs occur at night, so always keep the fridge free from junk...
5. Consume your chocolates as soon as possible...they have a mysterious property of being eaten away by your younger brother
6. What goes around, comes around...trust me on this!...so don't do murder/rape/robbery or other crimes
there're plenty of these...will post them later...have to sleep now...too tired...

The junk collector

Over the years, carried this baggage,
Kept heaping , till I lost all strength.
Now, my back's aching,
And my stuff's leaking.

There're grudges scattered on the floor.
Dont wanna pick them...
Ah! I can always earn'em more.

Oh! ya! the good times..Perfumed paper,
Stuck in the thorns.
Not that perfect..can leave'em like this,
Evanescent and Torn.

Those colored ribbons, flying in the air,
My wishes!!...Too high! Unreachable!
Alas! I'll miss their every layer.

Scare-crow! in the garbage can!
Thats my pain...Still such a snob!
Like hell!! I never want him back again!

I'm looking at the horizon.
Tired of collecting all the junk.
My junk, my 'life'.
Will rest in peace now.

...a poem i wrote sometime back..

Lately, I have developed a taste for korean movies...they are very melodramatic, very emotional, very much like hindi movies...but an underlying humor and simplicity is always there, and they have the cutest faces...also i'm watching only few selective ones, so maybe im biased...but whatever shit i won't watch in a hindi movie, i'll get all emotional about the same in a korean movie...yes!! some hypocrite I'm...

So, this ...ing movie was courtesy a dear friend Shruti, who started the trend by the way...and i don't see myself stopping anytime soon...

a movie about a dying young girl who doesn't know she's dying; about her mother trying to hide this thing from her and giving her a cheerful and normal life; about a naughty photographer nieghbour who becomes her first love and fills her short life with a million smiles...and about her deformed hand, always hidden under the cutest glove...and about the jokes of daily life, and about realizing how short life is...

though sounds tragic, but was quite light actually...Mi-sook, the actress looks like a doll, but then may be most korean actresses do...

but i loved this movie...bittersweet, romantic, and extremely well pictured...i mean, a lot of scenes have this dreamy quality to them...like when Mi-sook is looking outside window; smoking cigarette; with her headphones on....and the sketches in the end...all very beautiful...

Children Of Heaven

This is that kind of movie, that isn't much well known...among the masses that is..but was nominated for an oscar..
But i saw this movie, not knowing of its oscar fame...a friend gave a bunch of korean movies and this masterpiece..so just watched it..and loved it
A story of two small kids- Ali and Zohra, from a poor family of Iran, and how a missing pair of shoes make their already difficult life, a bit more challenging...its not a sob-story, instead its an ode to simple joys that we all never take notice of..
Ali has those big eyes, droopy eye-brows; and Zohra looks like a tiny angel..you cant do anything but love them... you'll wonder, why you crib so much about not having this or doing that??? these kids don't whine and blame the world, they just look for the solutions- whatever their tiny lil head can come up with...
My favorite is the scene with the fishes around Ali's toe..and his cutest dialog when he tells Zohra, he'll come third in the race just to win her the sneakers...it amazes me how kids can think and understand and perceive better than some adults...
Its in Persian with English subtitles, but do listen carefully, you'll feel more connected with the characters..

All in all, a very simple movie, but can make you feel many things that you wouldn't have felt in a long time..