So many times, it happens too fast
You change your passion for glory
Don’t lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive
Happy new year.

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How to prepare for the GRE

Friends and acquaintances often ask me how I prepared for the GRE exam. This owes itself to the fact that I did reasonably well at the exam. For the benefit of those who may seek them, in this post I present my views on the GRE and the method I used to prepare for it. [...]

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Chariots of Fire

I saw the movie Chariots of Fire today. One of the finest movies I have seen in a while. While the story revolves around sport, it is much more than just another sports movie. The movie as a whole is truly inspirational, with excellent dialogs. I am compelled to quote a couple of them.
The first [...]

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Awww…

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What can you do to fight Global Warming?

If you’re an engineer, you can attempt to invent a machine that’s the perfect antidote to the problem. We’ll need a machine that creates oxygen, oxidizes carbon, filters nitrogen, creates solar energy, processes and cleans water, changes colour with the seasons, is self propagating and costs nothing, rather generates energy surplus after doing all [...]

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Quote of the day

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook [...]

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Our Secret Lives

I’ve always been a big fan of the postsecret project. Here’s a brilliant mini-movie.

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Know Thyself

One of the few good things about the GRE and TOEFL tests are the reading and listening comprehension passages. They’re the final frontier (tongue in cheek) as far as GRE prep goes, often the bane of the “I mugged up the Baron’s lists and still screwed up the GRE” junta.
But I really like them as [...]

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Maybe I should just call myself

Sapeesh Karaf.
Research points out that you’re more likely to succeed in life if the initial of your surname falls in the first half of the alphabet.
Here. 
At least, I have one more excuse now.

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18 till I die!

The future face of facebook. Heh.

Here.

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