My Pensieve

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Now I am going to rant and ramble. This is going to be a long post. Caveat Emptor.

I will remember 2008 as one of the best years of my life.

Mid-year, I moved to Atlanta to start my Master's at Georgia Tech. And my life has been just great since then!

I never thought that there will come a point where I'll "feel" that my life is just great. But I do so now.

What are the reasons?

1. I learned a lot. I learned a lot about life, people etc.,
2. Everything single thing worked out very well for me. I got a part-time job, a tuition waiver for the spring semester, an internship and almost in the brink of getting into PhD.
3. Got exposed to robotics. Blown away!
4. My part-time job is working in a Georgia Tech start-up, building a full-blown system from scratch. Its too much fun! I'll post here once the pre-alpha is up.
5. My office gave me an iPhone with unlimited data (and I don't have to pay the bills). Heavenly. Its become a great value add to my daily life.
6. I got to work hard on things that mattered to me.
7. I had decent control over what I wanted to do and what I did with very little interference.
8. Overall, the best part is that I got to meet and know some wonderful people.

I never expected things to go this well. In fact, I was quite cynical when I started out with my Master's.
But, now my life feels like I am in the opening sequences of a Karan Johar movie. Too much happiness.

There is so much to write, so many experiences. But, I guess I am too lazy.

Lots of new pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/venkatasubramanian

My class project. Robot catching a bug: http://blip.tv/file/1581180

My Geogia Tech website: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~vmahalin/

My life seems to be finally taking shape.