Some stuff abt me.....

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name:	Aswin Dorairaj a.k.a Ash, Asi, Mokkai etc....
Birthday:	Jan 7th
Birthplace:	coimbatore
Places been to:	Everywhere Including heaven in my dreams. else it's a std list :Singapore(spent my whole life der) , malaysia(Holiday haven), Australia, Thailand n been in good ol' India for 5 years now...
Current Location:	Coimbatore
Eye Color:	black
Hair Color:	black
Height:	5' 10"
Right Handed or Left Handed:	right. when i'm drivin, both.
Your Heritage:	it's damn long...
The Shoes You Wore Today:	Sandals actually
Your Weakness:	short temper..
Your Fears:	phobophobia?
Your Perfect Pizza:	hmm extra cheese...
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year:	At least 1 against Olivier Kahn.....:)
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger:	hey whatz up?
Thoughts First Waking Up:	good nite....
Your Best Physical Feature:	totally no idea.....
Your Bedtime:	anytime b/w 12 am to 12 am da next day...
Your Most Missed Memory:	school life in singapore
Pepsi or Coke:	neither...
MacDonalds or Burger King:	KFC rox!!!
Single or Group Dates:	if it's dating it has to be a couple...
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:	Ice tea baby!!!!!
Chocolate or Vanilla:	Chocolate...
Cappuccino or Coffee:	Cappuccino
Do you Smoke:	Passively yes. can't help it wid these enviro conditions...
Do you Swear:	Rarely........
Do you Sing:	No plz no........
Do you Shower Daily:	I gotta else i can't stay alive.....
Have you Been in Love:	hmm Am tryin to figure out dat myself....
Do you want to go to College:	I think it shd be more like , do u wanna stay in college.. cos da way things seem to be going.. i might end out soon...
Do you want to get Married:	At some point of life yes.
Do you belive in yourself:	Sure. I believe in myself more than da guy next door...
Do you get Motion Sickness:	Never till dis moment...
Do you think you are Attractive:	does what i think matter here....:)
Are you a Health Freak:	yeah
Do you get along with your Parents:	yeah..
Do you like Thunderstorms:	I love em....
Do you play an Instrument:	nopes...
In the past month have you Drunk Alcohol:	no
In the past month have you Smoked:	refer to question above(regarding smoking)
In the past month have you been on Drugs:	prescribed by da doc. yes
In the past month have you gone on a Date:	no
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:	Mall? in Coimbatore? U gotta be kiddin!!!
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:	No. Miss em like hell :X
In the past month have you eaten Sushi:	I've got an aversion to raw food......
In the past month have you been on Stage:	yeah. Did a paper...
In the past month have you been Dumped:	might be soon.. frm my house......:) Kicked out whd be da more appropriate term here...
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping:	nope...
In the past month have you Stolen Anything:	don't think so...
Ever been Drunk:	nah
Ever been called a Tease:	huh??
Ever been Beaten up:	Mildly.....
Ever Shoplifted:	nah
How do you want to Die:	Like Ayrton Senna maybe.....
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:	I'm quite grown up already... U mean grown old?? Alive would do i guess
What country would you most like to Visit:	Rest of India..... been quite around da world but never inside India
Number of Drugs I have taken:	Gotta ask da deaaler....:)
Number of CDs I own:	god noes.....
Number of things in my Past I Regret:	nah. i just try to get over it...
This was from a survey I took @ http://www.kwiz.biz/simplesurveys/

ok this photo was taken by me during Quest. It was stuck up by some first years as part of AdQuest(an ad campaign competition where u have to advertise innovatively for Quest) N since dis chart contained da word Srishti da Editor n I couldn't resist takin a pic courtesy my Sony ericsson K700i !!! thanx to da Cool Fools for advert.. for Srishti!!!!

Well i did find one pic. Dis was taken at da same below mentioned restaurant where my senior swung on a swing!! We had a heck of a time ringing da bell n makin da waiter scurry to our table cos then we discovered dat da bell was meant for callin him!!!!!!!! 

Making of Srishti

Finally, after 2 weeks of toiling, Srishti goes into print. being a junior does have it's advantages and disadvantages. You get free lunches from your seniors when you are on such jobs but you get equally worked for that.I guess my seniors know how to squeeze every bang out of their buck!!! Any way getting back to the process, it was fun editing as you actually learn a lot of stuff when you run through factual articles like what one of my friends had written. Through his articles I learnt that Dan Brown doesn't know his art that well and that Uncle Sam , well, is truly Uncle Sam, and yeah before I forget I also discovered that there were jobless people around arguing as to whether earth evolved or was created....

The fun parts are that I got to work in an Air-conditoned room(the DTP room) away from the sweltering heat of Coimbatore and I got to watch professional graphic designers at work. Boy was the guy awesome! He cut, copied and pasted like it was his birthright to do so or something... As we ran through the proofs doing proof 1 upto 3 wth all the layouts and pics and stuff, watching the pieces falling into place and becoming a complete magazine I kind of felt like how a mother feels when she watches her child grow and become a complete person. Sorry for the sentimetal statement there but it was exactly how I wanted to express the feeling at that point. As I was typing this out I realised dat I should have taken a few pics of what we did during editing: would have been fun but unfortunately I only have one pic of my senior swinging on a swing at a restaurant where we had lunch during those editing sessions, but I don't think she would be very happy with me if I did publish it on my blog. Never play with the sub-editors(or editors) of Srishti is one rule I learnt!!!!!!!

P.S. I automatically edited my article for typos, so no shortforms and stuff here. I guess it's an after effect of having been doing it for weeks!!!!!!