O Lord’s!

Posted by anas on Feb 23, 2009 in London Diary | 8 comments It is the dream of every cricketer to get an opportunity to take that walk down the stairs from the dressing room, through the luxurious long room where distinguished guests are seated, on to the pitch amid cheers from the crowd and perform on a ground which is called the Home of Cricket. No surprises, I’m talking about the Lord’s Cricket Ground. Similarly it is also the dream of every...
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My Highs & Lows of 2008

Posted by anas on Jan 4, 2009 in Life | 16 comments What’s good about a new year? To be honest, nothing is good about it given the extra effort needed at the time of speech delivery to make sure you don’t say next year to things which are suddenly going to happen in this year and the added mental effort of making sure you jot the correct digit when writing down the date. However, the new year, or end of an year can serve as a benchmark...
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Settling In…

Posted by anas on Oct 20, 2008 in London Diary | 10 comments My first ever class at Imperial was of an optional subject called Synthesis of Digital Architectures. It was sleep-inducing at first, but the professor managed to steer it on an unknown awesome track in the midst of two-hour slot. This is a subject which I’m unclear about, at least from the first class. Another class scheduled after a 4 hour gap was of Instrumentation. From these two, and...
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Say NO to buses

Posted by anas on Oct 20, 2008 in London Diary | 3 comments The end of last week, precisely Sunday the 12th of October, we shifted from East to West London, from Walthamstow to Hammersmith (I think :S). The whole process was tiring, as is the case of any shifting event. But we did make it by about 9 p.m in the night. The next day was supposed to be important for me, as it marked my first official class at Imperial. I was made aware that a certain bus...
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The First Week

Posted by anas on Oct 17, 2008 in London Diary | 10 comments The first week at Imperial College has been largely festive. Various welcome sessions were arranged to acclimatise the students with the structure, functioning, services, facilities and administration of Imperial. Something amusingly strange about Imperial College is its name! In fact, it’s a university but they still call it college. The word ‘college’ is embedded in its name....
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