<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11676555</id><updated>2011-04-21T17:42:39.955-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Magnolia shores,Marmalade skies and Mescaline</title><subtitle type='html'>" Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon."  - Oscar Wilde</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>PJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14202613607197718970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11676555.post-114581805264437715</id><published>2006-04-23T11:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-23T11:47:32.646-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Zirconian gradons and Marshmallow pies</title><summary type='text'>I don't really know if this is blog material, but seemd fantabulous enough to be hoisted on the celestial centre stage ( Blogspot of course!!......Ha, don't even think about it ).The following was a quirky mail from an equally insane friend who lives in B'lore now........maybe the years at NID are to be blamed...... :)  ahem,  are you really 22?  :DThe following was the equally ridiculous </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/feeds/114581805264437715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11676555&amp;postID=114581805264437715' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/114581805264437715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/114581805264437715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/2006/04/zirconian-gradons-and-mars_114581805264437715.html' title='Zirconian gradons and Marshmallow pies'/><author><name>PJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14202613607197718970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11676555.post-114557373065272135</id><published>2006-04-20T15:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-20T15:56:54.950-07:00</updated><title type='text'>chumma updates</title><summary type='text'>The return of hailey's comet is the only concievable analogy that appropriately caprtures my blogging frequency. I think the few readers who used to read my posts, have, with an inkiling of sense abandoned all hope and stopped reading it.I went home again in March for my easter break, don't ask Y , didn't go to B'lore :( ....... The trip home was nice, it was a much needed break after a busy term</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/feeds/114557373065272135/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11676555&amp;postID=114557373065272135' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/114557373065272135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/114557373065272135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/2006/04/chumma-updates.html' title='chumma updates'/><author><name>PJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14202613607197718970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11676555.post-113339877337956790</id><published>2005-11-30T16:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-30T16:59:33.396-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Apparently contradictory States</title><summary type='text'>I read a book abt a cynical middle aged man who has been dumped by an unattractive girlfriend.I suddenly feel depressed still i refuse to exchange my life for anything infinitely better. I walk into a bank sit next to a french girl, AC her name is , seen her in my course a few times , she's pretty , I always thought she was , her english is better than others from France I ask her y? She blushes </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/feeds/113339877337956790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11676555&amp;postID=113339877337956790' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/113339877337956790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/113339877337956790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/2005/12/apparently-contradictory-states.html' title='Apparently contradictory States'/><author><name>PJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14202613607197718970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11676555.post-113339229881918279</id><published>2005-11-30T14:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-30T15:11:38.833-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Punching bags and shitty days!</title><summary type='text'>Ahh......wat an ispiring title, all this rubbish i write and people often stumble by and peek at the inauspicious , uncerimonious and completely wothless ramblings and read it. Today shall be a day dedicated to cribibing, basically I am slicha pained, all this Job applications I have been filling for eons has numbed my already partially functioning grey cells( They never worked too well to tell u</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/feeds/113339229881918279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11676555&amp;postID=113339229881918279' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/113339229881918279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/113339229881918279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/2005/12/punching-bags-and-shitty-days.html' title='Punching bags and shitty days!'/><author><name>PJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14202613607197718970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11676555.post-113302443588797404</id><published>2005-11-26T07:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-26T09:00:35.893-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Waltzing to artic winds ( watever that means!)</title><summary type='text'>I've been itching to write something on my blog for an considerable time period now,I've been clumsily avoiding ungainly questions abt y there is nothing new on my blog. The usual excuses have been over used ( too much work, too busy, even too cold ) well the truth is i just haven't been in the mood to write anything even remotely interesting or entertaining (Cummon... U atleast expect to be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/feeds/113302443588797404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11676555&amp;postID=113302443588797404' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/113302443588797404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/113302443588797404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/2005/11/waltzing-to-artic-winds-watever-that_26.html' title='Waltzing to artic winds ( watever that means!)'/><author><name>PJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14202613607197718970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11676555.post-113011031980795404</id><published>2005-10-23T15:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-23T16:33:16.276-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The STOMP</title><summary type='text'>As far as experiences go, musicals in London are in a league of their own. The many advantages of living in the cultural &amp; economic capital of europe is the limitless opportunities it provides to quench your appetite for cross cultural experiences. As do all indulgensces , this one came at a price as well, the large sum of money i spent to view this spectable wud cause a few jaws to drop back </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/feeds/113011031980795404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11676555&amp;postID=113011031980795404' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/113011031980795404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/113011031980795404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/2005/10/stomp.html' title='The STOMP'/><author><name>PJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14202613607197718970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11676555.post-112907235189780146</id><published>2005-10-11T15:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-11T16:12:31.923-07:00</updated><title type='text'>All aboard the Butlers Wharf Boat party!!!</title><summary type='text'>"Row row row your boat    row row row your boatmerily down the stream merily merily merily merily life is like a dream"                                                          - if i remember right!The variety of adeventurous/luxurious activities that London allows one to indulge in is incredible. I can't honestly say that i'm one given to regal indulgences, but when it is offered for free , i </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/feeds/112907235189780146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11676555&amp;postID=112907235189780146' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/112907235189780146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/112907235189780146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/2005/10/all-aboard-butlers-wharf-boat-party.html' title='All aboard the Butlers Wharf Boat party!!!'/><author><name>PJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14202613607197718970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11676555.post-112699992035631142</id><published>2005-09-17T13:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-17T16:32:00.366-07:00</updated><title type='text'>THAMES FESTIVAL</title><summary type='text'>The eclecticism of a city like london is most vibrantly seen in the illustrious culture festivals that hapen within the city. The thames festival which is happening this weekend in London , invoved cultural fiesta's all across the city along the Thames. One of my Iranian classmates had come over for lunch today and I cooked her a really nice meal ( Egg fried rice with grilled chicken and Salad - </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/feeds/112699992035631142/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11676555&amp;postID=112699992035631142' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/112699992035631142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/112699992035631142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/2005/09/thames-festival.html' title='THAMES FESTIVAL'/><author><name>PJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14202613607197718970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11676555.post-112673092487480915</id><published>2005-09-14T13:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-14T13:48:44.883-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A day off</title><summary type='text'>A day off is what i'm taking today to catch up and sleep and more inportantly wash my dirty linen. I've been extremely wary of the white monstrosities which people use to wash clothes around  here, they look a little scary a first sight , but they seem fairly amiable once you are formally acquainted with them ( I know talking abt acquaintances with laundary machines is not the convention , but </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/feeds/112673092487480915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11676555&amp;postID=112673092487480915' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/112673092487480915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/112673092487480915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/2005/09/day-off.html' title='A day off'/><author><name>PJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14202613607197718970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11676555.post-112647457679669673</id><published>2005-09-11T14:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-11T14:36:16.800-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My life in London</title><summary type='text'>Ah there begins my tale, Considering I update my blog so rarely I thought I might as well write a long entry. Its been a week since I reached London, I've jus about settled down here and as first opinions go London is a incredible place to Live and Study .The weather is pretty good, its a pleasant 22 degrees and its nice and sunny and exactly like B'lore(it'll start getting cold and horrible in a</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/feeds/112647457679669673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11676555&amp;postID=112647457679669673' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/112647457679669673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/112647457679669673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/2005/09/my-life-in-london_112647457679669673.html' title='My life in London'/><author><name>PJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14202613607197718970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11676555.post-112240196739446117</id><published>2005-07-26T11:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-26T11:19:27.400-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Convo Nite Thanni</title><summary type='text'>The week gone by has been a productive one, I have manged to get a waiver for my summer school meaning I will be leaving to London only by the end of August,secondly I also saved myself £2000 and will be able to peacefully put "Thanni" on convo nite.People seem to be planning everything from Goa to Pondicherry for the convo weekend. As ususal everything will cup, I'm guessin everyone is going to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/feeds/112240196739446117/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11676555&amp;postID=112240196739446117' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/112240196739446117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/112240196739446117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/2005/07/convo-nite-thanni.html' title='Convo Nite Thanni'/><author><name>PJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14202613607197718970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11676555.post-112171605962400599</id><published>2005-07-18T12:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-18T12:47:39.630-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Visas N Goodbyes</title><summary type='text'>I got my visa today. I'm leavin to London on Sunday the 24th. I guess i won't be attending the convo.That also means i won't dirnkin and makin merry with most of the chaps i spent the last four years of my life with. My Loan has been sanctioned and I'm now leaving to attend the summer school to do a course in Microeconomics before the academic year begins in September.My course is a ten month </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/feeds/112171605962400599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11676555&amp;postID=112171605962400599' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/112171605962400599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/112171605962400599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/2005/07/visas-n-goodbyes.html' title='Visas N Goodbyes'/><author><name>PJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14202613607197718970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11676555.post-111185882901780322</id><published>2005-03-26T09:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-26T09:40:29.026-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Butterfly Effect</title><summary type='text'>   “ Having decided to put our best foot forward we(IIT’ans) are putting together our professional theatre performance on a play titled “The butterfly effect”. Those who have seen the movie and know the funda of chaos theory and it’s origins from physics- expect no Sci-fi performance from us.(For those who haven’t seen the movie , do watch – Aston Kutcher has actually done his role well). The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/feeds/111185882901780322/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11676555&amp;postID=111185882901780322' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/111185882901780322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/111185882901780322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/2005/03/butterfly-effect_111185882901780322.html' title='The Butterfly Effect'/><author><name>PJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14202613607197718970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11676555.post-111170301354691345</id><published>2005-03-24T14:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-24T14:28:41.606-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Plath,Beatleomania,Huxley</title><summary type='text'>Owing to my incredible love of poetry, music and books I deceided it only fair to create a title that made esoteric references to fragments that in their small way have taught me that life can lived a lil differently as I have chosen to see it.   For those of you who have recited Sylvia plath, sung with the beatles and walked the corridors of perception with Aldous Huxley , there is no mystery </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/feeds/111170301354691345/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11676555&amp;postID=111170301354691345' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/111170301354691345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11676555/posts/default/111170301354691345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://praveenjoseph.blogspot.com/2005/03/plathbeatleomaniahuxley.html' title='Plath,Beatleomania,Huxley'/><author><name>PJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14202613607197718970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
