Nikkhil Gill

2006-01-13T08:48:00.000-08:00

Another day at office.. (I took this pic when I was just about to enter the auto expo, btw he was supposed to be on duty on the road in front of him he ain't waiting for a bus!!)

ME AT THE AUTO EXPO...

2006-01-13T08:42:00.000-08:00

On the last day of my stay at home I decided to visit the 8th Auto Expo

at Pragati Maidan. I have always been an avid car and bike enthusiast,

so me not visiting the Auto Expo would have left me feeling a little

regretful. So I decided to visit during business hours of the expo

which are during the earlier part of the day (ie 10 am - 2 pm), and

have a comparatively less number of fools trying to get a sneak peek at

the models rather than the cars (none the less there were more than I

thought). The Ford and Honda exhibits were nice, especially the new

Mustang GT. The photograph of the GT didnt come out as well as I would

have wanted but this was because it was constantly revolving, and I

couldn't get a good angle. Then there were many boring exhibits too and

there were also a lot of nonsense theatrics in the form of dances etc.

Then came the other awesome part of the Auto Expo, the Mitsubishi

Lancer EVOlution. The front of it seemed to smile at me as if I was

naive to control it, I didn't take control of it but caught its smile

on camera :). The bikes were pretty nice too and numerous, tooks lots

of pics of them too. The vintage cars always add a subtlety to any car

show, and they did so agian. The pics of the expo are shared below, enjoy...

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The Yamaha Fazer (this is the one for India I think)

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Rossi's Horse!!

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The Fireblade!!

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A note on the license plate of the Honda Fireblade!!

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Another Yamaha..

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Check out the Y style silencers..

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Yamaha can make good cruisers too!!

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Wheelie and jump!!

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The infamous R1

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Give steroids to the R1 and u get the R6

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I wish girls had such a good backside..

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The Phantom's uncle :)

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Fast n Furious Style!!

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The EVO what else do i say..

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Straight out of the movie Grease!!

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Another Civic with nice rims..

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The retro mustang..

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Bling Bling!! (The Civic's Rims)

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The GT's interior

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The GT's front..

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The Mustang GT..

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I like it dirty!!!

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Far away land...

The Farm..

2006-01-07T01:58:00.000-08:00

I visited my nana's house this time when I came back for vacations from college. Its a farm located about 30 odd kms from aligarh. The weather in North India is anyways very low, it wasn't much different there. Although I was there for just one weekend (and that too froze most of the fluid in my body) it was great fun. The serenity of the place coupled with delicious food made my weekend, and in a way my winter break a vacation and not just a "Going home trip".
The house is surrounded with proper farming land which grows different vegetables and fruits depending on the season, I took a few photographs of the place so I am sharing them here. (Some of the photographs are clicked by my bro, but i'll take the credit for them anyways :) )

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More greenery....

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Footprint... liked this picture a lot.. its taken by my bro..

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One of the khets (farmland)

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Imagine how cold it was... even my doggie is not willing to move

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A beautiful morning.. (spot the parrot if u can)

COST OF CELEBRATION....

2006-01-06T11:30:00.000-08:00

What does it cost to have a celebration?

A winter evening.
Four friends.
Four glasses of chai.
Four smokes.

Hundred bucks of gas.
A rusty old bike.
And an open road.

Maggi noodles.
A hostel room.
4.25 am.

3 old friends.
3 separate cities.
1 Messenger.

Rain on a hot tin roof.
Pakoras.

You and mom.
A summer night.
A bottle of coconut oil.
A head massage.
Gossiping about absent family members.

You can spend hundreds on birthdays,
thousands on festivals,
lakhs on weddings
but to celebrate all you have to spend is your TIME.

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ME!!

The Great One and Freedom

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THE GREAT ONE WILL SEE THE WORLD TRANSPARENTLY,
FREEDOM WILL BE HIS POISON,
AND KARMA HIS WAY OF LIFE

-NIKKHIL GILL (1984- )

As for the Monotony...

2005-10-31T11:15:00.000-08:00

Me and my big mouth.. writing things about monotony and the absence of interesting events in my life.. well God gave me a good dose a day after my post which said how boring and uneventful life had become. On saturday was my oral exam for a my beloved subject Information Systems Security, but then i got information about a company coming to recruit on campus just the day before my oral. That was it. The biggest dilemma.. study for oral or for a job. The only thought in my mind was.. if i dont get the job and also fail in the oral.. and some company which comes to recruit next semester requires no ATKT.. then i'll be screwed. But none the less i ended up not doing any of the two things.
The D-Day arrived.. i went for the company.. gave the Gen. and Tech Aptitude test. My name wasn't shortlisted.. none the less i was called for the GD.. call it a wildcard entry. That was it.. it was no looking back from that. Finally i got the job.. i hopefully should also pass my oral exam too.. and till today i have been celebrating the sudden influx of events in my life. Thank God.. AMEN!!

World of Warcraft Expansion

2005-10-30T11:11:00.000-08:00

At its Blizzcon conference in Anaheim, Calif. on Friday, Blizzard Entertainment revealed the first details of an expansion pack planned for World of Warcraft called The Burning Crusade.
World of Warcraft is Blizzard’s entry into the massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) genre. The game is based in the fantasy world of Azeroth, scene of past Warcraft games. Players assume the role of heroes from each of the species or races represented in Horde and Alliance factions, picking everything from their characters’ physical appearance to their profession.
As an online game, World of Warcraft teams up thousands of players on online servers, where they’re charged a monthly fee in order to play. The game has become an international phenomenon, spurrings hundreds of thousands of players to subscribe. It was released simultaneously for the Mac and PC late in 2004 and has been maintained for both platforms ever since.
The add-on pack, The Burning Crusade, will expand the game with new races, new lands to explore, new “Battlegrounds” upon which to fight other players, additional professions, new items and more. Gamers who install the expansion pack will be able to increase their characters’ experience cap to Level 70 (Level 60 is the current limit).
Two new playable races will be added with this. Blizzard only revealed initial details about one such race today — the Blood Elves, descendants of the exiled Highborne elves aligned with The Horde.
New high-level dungeons will be added, new monsters, hundreds of new quests and new items and much more. An entire new continent called Outland will also be featured — it is the remains of Draenor, homeworld of the Orcs. Outland is now ruled by the fallen elf Illidan, who lives in fear that he will be discovered by Arthas, the new Lich King, and the remaining Lords of the Burning Legion.
A release date was not announced, but system requirements are expected to be the same as the original.

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/

Gill.

Concept of Defense...

2005-10-26T10:27:00.000-07:00

What is the concept of defense: The parrying of a blow.
What is the characteristic feature: Awaiting the blow.
-On War, Carl Von Clausewitz

2005-10-25T13:15:00.000-07:00

Letting the ink from my pen bleed.. i say it simply.. without any unjust clouding of thoughts.. Why does life get uneventful and monotonous (always in a vicious circle) ..

So i suggest:
1. Make most of the wierd moments which occur everyday
2. Avoid wierd moments from occuring EVERYDAY
3. Laugh (if possible without intoxication.. That is also possible)
4. Meet an interesting person of the opposite sex (good looking if u can manage) (one who does not prove his/her prowess in literature or vocabulary... that is only required when one needs to prove a point ;) )
5. Next time u travel by train and go to the loo.. watch the tracks pass underneath u
6. If u travel by air.. no use.. jus checkout hot airhostesses ;)
7. Try aphrodisiacs without any reason (not viagra)
8. Or just get HIGH (intoxicated.. for the goodie goodies)

9. If u are vela enough to do any of the above things... go to sleep u r useless

Ultimate Embarassment in Counter Strike:Death by Knife Or High Explosive

2005-10-21T13:39:00.000-07:00

This is one query i cant seem to find an answer for. What is the ultimate embarassment.. being killed by a knife (melee) or by a HE grenade. I've had the pleasure of doing both to a few lucky people and have also been the victim a few times (and only a few times). But having experienced both once or twice, (and both are very embarassing deaths, especially in a high energy game) i still cant find the answer to which is more embarassing of the two. None the less the quest for headshots and new strategies still continues.

A Woman's heart is a circus...

2005-10-20T13:25:00.000-07:00

i came across this very interesting line in a magazine..
a woman's heart is like a circus.. theres always room for one more clown.
very apt i must say...

2005-08-14T12:40:00.000-07:00

First blog...