sacheen's BLOG

In between Blue

2011-02-10T18:08:00.000-08:00

i joined this Japanese language school in April 10, 2010. it was all thrill and excitement initially. time passed by and to this date it has already been 6 months. my familiarity with the language has significantly grown. it has flourished to a level that i can easily come up with ideas to converse well. life has become a bit easier in that light. but there is always something missing, the cultural and other aspects are missing. of course, its tough to get used to or say, get assimilated into a new society. it is a strange world at least to me, i came from a community based society whereas it is a kind of individual based society here. its a big busy life. everyone is running after life. i am trying hard to put myself in that race. because its literally the way it goes here, if you do not run, you lag.

in the inception, i had greater expectations. to the contrary, i am still not introduced nor at least even taught about the culture, manners and etiquettes of this country called japan. every second my little voice reminds me of things that i shouldn't do. such things which are meant to offend the natives and even the foreigners like me, sometimes. i believe, we as a human being should all try to live a civilized and responsible life. to this date, i have managed to study about the culture by myself and act accordingly.

in addition to that, i am also supposed to get counselling about different topics. the one that has very much concerned me is the information about scholarships and other financial aids that we international students are entitled to. i wonder why the administration is not concerned about the progress of students.its very essential to keep tracking the activities of students and provide necessary feedback and suggestions.

the main problem is that there is no diversity in the school. most of the students are Chinese. sometimes it feels as if i am in china rather than japan. there is lack of language practice. literally, china is in the atmosphere. if only there were students from various countries, there would be proper exchange of ideas and interesting knowledges. and so the use of japanese in conversation would considerably go up. in a nutshell, there is no studying environment.

there are lot of such grievances that crosses my mind time and again. i cant help, i have no option but to let my poor brain take the trouble of thinking. this time i decided to jot them down randomly.

2010-08-21T23:18:00.002-07:00

problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.
(ALBERT EINSTEIN)

Amazing pictures

2009-03-07T04:12:00.000-08:00

Whenever I surf the net, I do not miss to Google on sites about graphics and music. It has become a sort of habit.

I was with a company here in Kathmandu some 4 months back. During free time which was actually meant to be the research period, I used to serve my habit. In one of such times I was running my eyes over different links provided by Google. Luckily from among the links given, I happened to click one with some really nice wallpapers. They were so pleasant that I couldn’t take my eyes off the page for quite sometime.

Here I’d like to share 3 of those with you all…………what’s your take, aren’t they awe-inspiring????

A genuine start??…………well, I never (did)!

2009-02-23T05:39:00.000-08:00

For the first time in past few months I woke up at 4 in the morning. At first, the whole feeling was unreal to me, “ah, it’s 4 am and I’m conscious”. I felt fresh like never before.

My amazement ended only when I realized it was because of my (or everyones) urge to store water, for god knows how many days (thanks to the untimely routine set by metro water supply department). This was my time to carry the trouble otherwise it was my friend on other occassions.

Having finished the task (a real chore for me), I was riffling through a paper called SOON handed to me the other day by a friend of mine. While in the course, suddenly, my poor blog occurred to me. I have a blog just for the name or as you can say for the sake of having one. Blogs, remain alive with user-generated contents (correct me here if sound off) and when users are not participating, it holds no importance. For me, mine was just there on the web, stale, craving for updates. In truest sense, it is proper misuse of the webspace (provided for free). And here I stand, a prefect example.

I’m happy though, I woke up early and got this inspiration. It’s never too late. I’m gonna give a meaning to my blog, rekindle it with my purest ideas and thoughts.

My mind needs a little brush up though.

This post indicates the start………...

Basic Installation and Configuration Guide, Planet ATA (VIP-157/157S), For Internet Telephony

2008-07-20T03:42:00.000-07:00

ATA (what is?)

An analog telephone adaptor (ATA) is a device used to connect a standard telephone to a computer or network so that the user can make calls over the Internet. Internet-based long distance calls can be substantially cheaper than calls transmitted over the traditional telephone system, and ATAs are typically cheaper than specialized VoIP phones that connect directly to a computer's Universal Serial Bus (USB) port.

There are several types of analog telephone adapters. All ATAs create a physical connection between a phone and a computer or a network device; some perform analog-to-digital conversion and connect directly to a VoIP server, while others use software for either or both of these tasks.

1.Getting Started

There are different scenarios in which ATA can be placed in between your PC and internet connection devices (routers, modems).

First of all make sure which device you are using for internet connection like router, modem.

If you are using a modem, the installation or connection should be like below:-

A network switch should be placed between ATA, pc and modem like illustrated in the above diagram. The physical connection media should be straight through UTP network cables with RJ-45 connectors. Detailed descriptions about ATA ports and peripherals connections will be dealt later in the guide.

wait for more on this topic..............

playing with pshop

2008-07-14T00:06:00.000-07:00

(Depen again)

(Avash Tuladhar)

(Trishna Gurung)

(Dependra Gurung)

some of my works.....can't really call them fresh designs.