Chickamaglur Trip

Me and four of my classmates had been to chickmaglur last week for a two day trip. We had a whole lot of fun and since this was my first "legal" trip it was more special for me. It was all Harsha Valaturu's idea from the beginning. My relatives stay in Chickmaglur, So we had asked them to book us a nice hotel for staying and hire a taxi/vehicle for the trip. By the time we went there everything was setup and we didn't have any problems at all.

First day we went to Kemmangundi, Kallathgiri , Baba Budangiri, Bhadra Dam. We first went to Baba Budangiri where we saw the water falls ( Manikya Dhara )



Saw some nice sceneries there,





next we went to the famous Baba budangiri cave. From there we went to kemmangundi where we didn't find anything interesting other than some flowers and see-saws.



Our next stop was Kalatgiri which was the highlight of the day. Here there is a temple in front of which we have a waterfall ( small one ) we climbed up over the falls to explore more. It was kind of our first trekkin experience so everyone liked it the most.







Then we went to some mess in Tarikere where we had our lunch ; the food was nice there. Our next stop was Bhadra dam, since the dam was closed for visitors we didn't get to see much there. Apart from that we got see the water near the dam , take some pictures and we wounded up for the day.





Back at our rooms we watched Prison Break series just to kill time. I forgot to tell you that we contacted our friend Manoj Kumar who has an estate in chickamagalur and was present there for vacation. He had come to our room that night and we had a lot of fun.

Next day started with many promises, we first went to Manoj's estate,





from there we went to Muthodi forest with a lot of expectations. We went there at 12 noon but they said that we would be allowed to go in only at 4:30 pm. Since we had nothing to do there we climbed down the slope by the road to the stream flowing below.





Me and adarsh were the ones pioneering there. Others just were apprehensive as to what would happen and stuff. Anyway it was our best experience of the day - i should say.



While climbing up we took a different route and we couldn't locate the road beside the stream, so a lot of anxiety was there as to what has to be done next. Up from there we did remove our shirts to free it from the thorns and sticks stuck to it due to our trekking while coming back from the stream.



The worst part of the day was our tour inside the muthodi forest, all we got to see there was some deers, elephant droppings and ofcourse some monkeys. Above all we paid around 400 Rs for that ( what a waste of money ).








Anyway from there we went straight to our rooms and again watched half episode of prison break, packed our things and left the same night with Manoj Kumar.

The rest of the pictures are here PicasaWeb Album.

This was our first trip by ourselves and after this we have madeup our mind to have more of such trips in the future.

Induction Programme at Sun

Just after my exams we had this induction program scheduled at Sun Microsystems Office at Divyashree Chambers. Campus Ambassadors from all over India attended this program.

It was a great experience for me since i got to make many new friends. There were presentations , demos conducted during both the days by highly specialized programmers working at Sun. It was a great experience to learn from the actual developers of the various products. Above all this i came to know how it feels to be an IT professional.

We also had a tour of the Sun Microsystems Office ; their labs, support and services department etc. It was great to see the servers ( Niagara ) running with my own eyes.

Apart from all these it was also the valuable information imparted to us during demos about Solaris, NetBeans which are driving me to learn more about them.

We as Sun Campus Ambassadors get a lot of free resources, study materials etc. We also get paid 8000/- per month. Our job is to see that more and more students know about solaris, netbeans and other Sun products and also start using it ( don't forget i am the "ambassador" of Sun ).

I plan to provide my fellow students, faculty with many opportunities and benefits like,

1. Getting a lot of study materials for our college by enrolling our college for the SAI.
2. Obtaining discounts for students who wish to take up certification and also provide them with required learning materials.
3. Getting them guidance from experts working at Sun through User groups etc.
4. Conducting contests with attractive prizes to be won.

I really am apprehensive about what is going to happen when college starts and i will have to give a seminar to an audience full of seniors, lecturers and others.