So on 24th September 2011 we had our Orientation at SEECS. Last year when i joined UET there was no Orientation , well maybe i missed it coz i joined a week late due to problems with hostel accommodations, so i was really looking forward to it . My sis who was in AMC said that her orientation day sucked. They had to sit outside in one of the grounds and just get there registration done
So i was confused . Will this be boring and the only thing em going for is to get my registration or will there actually be some more arranged for us . Since i had been suffering from minute Dengue Fever i was kinda weak and still recovering so that made me think twice of going to the orientation thinking will it be even worth it
Well gladly i chose to go. So i left home at around 8 and reached around 9 . We got our schedule and were directed to sit in a class . Where i met a couple of students who are going to be sharing the class with me for the next 4 years (if i dont fail :P ) . So here i was sitting in a air conditioned class which was slowly filling up . It was quite impressive , While we were seated a guy came up on the stage/platform and gave us a small presentation on SEECS and the Study Style of the University . With all due respect to him , he really needs to work on his communication skills , his Presentation was quite boring and his way of explaining wasn't the best. After that a Thin energetic guy sprung up to the stage and started his presentation on LMS . He seemed a lil hyperactive as he paced his way through a very informative presentation in less then 2 mins . His presentation could have been a whole lot better if he had taken a bit more time on it.
After this the process of registration started, Hostilities were proffered over Day Scholars since they also had to get their Hostel Registration done. So there i was sitting bored when another Representative came in and told us that they are going to be taking us for the tour of the School . So we formed 2 queues and followed 3 representatives as they took us around the school showing us every corner of it . It was a great experience seeing the well furnished and build campus . Centrally Air Conditioned , well kept , well maintained , as clean as it can get . I who had spent a year in UET was used to stairs that had stains of mud on em and walls that had gone from white to greyish black and generally buildings that seemed to lack care was quite happy to see such a well kept campus . There were plenty of labs which were locked at the moment , The library was large and beautifully decorated. Over all it was a campus where u wouldn't mind spending the rest of ur life.
After the tour ended we were once again taken to the class. Where we got our Library and ITC forms. I submitted my ITC form and got my Username and Password for LMS and SEECS Email account though after reaching home i tried logging into my LMS but it didnt work :S. After that we were taken to the seminar hall where we were Addressed by The Principal of Seecs Dr Arshad (A guy my Dad always speaks highly off) and the HOD of Computing Department who was a PHD and hardly seems to be in his early 30s . From what my dad told me he had completed his PHD by the age of 25 which is freaking amazing since em 19 and still doing my bachelors. It was around a 40 mins address and after it we were led to our classes again where the processes of registration continued. Since i had to leave ASAP coz my dad needed the car at home so i got my self registered. It was quiet amazing to see it hardly took them 5 mins to register me. After that i went out sat in my car and went home as my head started hurting during the way . i reached home crashed on my bed and slept for a good 3-4 hours.
Now this was the Small review of the events of the orientation . Personally i think it was great . Seeing how in UET getting a single piece of paper signed take 2 days the way the orientation was handled was quite a pleasant surprise . it was all smooth , organized , worked out , planned and swift . Even though it was carried out by Students it had a very professional approach.
So that was my first Day at SEECS. Em gonna be joining the classes soon (depends on my health) and will be posting more. Our First week is week of welcome starting with a gig by the Music Society NUST which i will most probably sadly miss coz i still need a lil more rest
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My Online Diary as i Begin my 4 Year Journey in School Of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences NUST
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Schol of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences NUST
Well So i got into NUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences in course of BESE i.e Bachelors in Software Engineering . So now i am going to give a little detail about SEECS. Most of the Stuff will be copied of Internet and this is just a little Intro About SEECS from what i have herd and read and not my own personal Experience about it .
SEECS started as NIIT (NUST Institute of Information Technology) in a rented House in Chaklala Scheme 3 Rawalpindi. With time they grew and rented more houses and their strength increased. I Remember living in Askari 2 which was close to Scheme 3 and coming over to scheme 3 commercial area (where NIIT Hostels were situated) and seeing NUSTIANS roaming around eating Chacahy Kay Anda Shami Burger. From there they moved up to there own Building in NUST's new H12 campus and got a new name of SEECS .
Now a lil Copy Paste from Wikipedia :P
So this is just a lil Basic Info Bout NUST SEECS . I will Be Posting More personal Experience as My Classes start . Hope you will be coming back for more
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SEECS started as NIIT (NUST Institute of Information Technology) in a rented House in Chaklala Scheme 3 Rawalpindi. With time they grew and rented more houses and their strength increased. I Remember living in Askari 2 which was close to Scheme 3 and coming over to scheme 3 commercial area (where NIIT Hostels were situated) and seeing NUSTIANS roaming around eating Chacahy Kay Anda Shami Burger. From there they moved up to there own Building in NUST's new H12 campus and got a new name of SEECS .
Now a lil Copy Paste from Wikipedia :P
NUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (NUST-SEECS) (Formerly: NUST Institute of Information Technology) is located at H-12 Islamabad, Federal, Pakistan. NUST-SEECS was launched on self-finance basis in April 1999 as a constituent college of National University of Science and Technology (NUST). NUST-SEECS was formed as a result of the IT boom that gripped the country, the increase in demand for quality IT education and the requirement for NUST to launch its own IT department.National University of Sciences and Technology has been instrumental in strengthening academic-cum-industrial liaison with Microsoft, USA to come to Pakistan and help in promoting the local IT industry. Microsoft has awarded NUST the status of Authorized Academic Training Program Institute (AATPI), eventually becoming a role model for peer academia in the field of high-level information technology education in Pakistan.
NUST-SEECS has established a strong technology partnership with Intel. Intel has very recently established a laboratory at the SEECS campus to orientate the students with latest technology trends in computing. Visiting Intel experts deliver lectures on emerging technologies at NUST-SEECS on regular basis.
University has established links with several software companies in the IT area. There has been tremendous effort that has resulted in corporate liaison with companies and universities abroad. On international level, Associate of Computing Machinery (ACM), USA has established its local students chapter to promote academic growth.
NUST-SEECS has been awarded the status of "Associate Research Institute" of CERN, the European center of Nuclear Research Geneva, Switzerland. Since 2000, NUST-SEECS has been working on collaborative on distributed computing problems relating to GRID problems with CERN. Dr. Arshad Ali (Director NUST-SEECS) toured CERN Switzerland and recent visit of Prof. McClatchy's recent visit to NUST was a part of this remarkable effort.
NUST and SLI Canada have agreed to jointly undertake a project to develop and implement a model distance learning solution for Pakistan. Its First outcome is Data Communication and Security (grad course).
So this is just a lil Basic Info Bout NUST SEECS . I will Be Posting More personal Experience as My Classes start . Hope you will be coming back for more
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A Geek's Life Story
So here i am . Making my First Blog Entry , The First Entry into my Diary of my life in NUST . Its been a long Journey . From Playgroup at Kings School to SEECS NUST. It wasnt the easiest of journey but then again life aint easy
So this is Just an Introductory Post . I will give a lil background info bout myself and how i made it to SEECS and what you can expect in this Blog
So where To beggin
I was born in Family where both my parents worked hard to provide me and my siblings the best life they can . My dad was serving in army and mom Used to teach primary classes. They did their best to provide us with the Best education they could afford. By the time i made it to 8th grade i started thinking about my future . What i wanted to be what field should i choose . Since my Dad was an Army officer i was always drawn towards the uniform and thought of it as my goal in life . But somewhere along the way i changed my decision. My uncle is a Software Engineer who studied abroad and owns his own software house . He inspired me a lot , i loved what he used to do and would ask him to teach me how to make websites . All he ever told me was to go look for a software called MS Front Page and learn it yourself . So i did that during my Summer Vacation and wolla my first website was up and running , it was a small website i made , it had jokes , funny pictures , optical illusions and stuff . Em sure no one except me ever visited this website but at that point i knew what i wanted to do . By the Time i was studying in 9th my Dad had been Posted to NUST . Since my father was in NUST i learned alot about it . These were those days when their Head office used to be in Lal Kurti with There Business school across the streat , AMC EME AND MCS being their major schools and Seecs was known as NIIT and was running in rented houses in Chaklala Scheme 3.
As time passed and NUST started gaining International acclaim i started getting fond of it. by the time i was in FSC all i wanted was to get into NUST . I dont know why but i had this strong Love for NUST , when ever there would be a debate about which is the best University of Pakistan i would fight for NUST with such passion that it seemed i owned it
I was an over all good student through out my academic life . I had secured good marks both in Matric and FSC-1 . So now came the big question , What field should i opt for , Personally i wanted to go for software engineering . But my Dad who had been serving in NUST for a while now (he retired while posted in NUST and got a Job in NUST after retirement ) My dad and i had a long discussion about what my preferences should be and well what we decided at the end of the day was to go for mechanical on top followed by mechatronix and software. It was the safer choice
So well i started preparing for the entry test. I didn't join any academy or anything . I just Worked real hard studying around 6-8 hours a day in home for like 2 months making sure i was fully prepared to get into the University of My Dreams . Finally the Big day came . NUST entry Test i was tense all night , couldn't sleep much . Next morning there i was in the examination hall taking the test that would define my future . English was ok , Chemistry was easy Physics was really easy but maths .. God .. i didn't know half the math part. Well after doing what i knew and guessing the remaining i walked out laughing thinking all those hours spend studying wasted . We had a flight to Malaysia 2 days after the test for a family trip so i was off to have the best 15 days of my life with my family . I remember i was sitting in my hotel room in Langkawi Island in Malaysia in morning when i picked up my dads cell to see that he had recieved a message from his co-worker informing that NUST had officially announced the result . My heart skipped a beat , and then it started beating faster than it had ever beaten before. I pulled out my sisters laptop connected to the NUST website and checked my Result
3516
I was shocked , i had tears in my eyes , all my dreams shattered , All my hard work ruined , i felt like some one had just stepped on me and then wiped me off a door mat and then burned the door mat . It was painful , really painful , specially seeing all these tourist around u happy and having a great time . The next 2 days were the worst of my life , I had just found out that i would not be going to the university of my dreams and then i got stung by a jelly fish and had to spend like 3 hours on a hospital bed. After that i decided that it was no use crying over spilt milk and decided to enjoy the remaining days of my vacation . When we got back to Pakistan i applied for UET since i had not applied for anyother university coz NUST was the only one i wanted to go . Luckily UET had to postpone its entry test due to the flood and i had chance to take the test. I took the test with half interest and to my surprise i actually got in . Mechanical Engineering UET LAHORE. One of UET LAHORE'S most reputed discipline .
I wont go into much details about my stay in UET , for That you can read my blog UET GEEK. Well so after 2 semester of studying Mechanical i realized that i hated it . I hated its core subject , i didnt find any interest in it except thermodynamics . It was painful to study , even though i was getting good grades i was not enjoying my studies . We were Taught C++ in our second Semester and i loved it , Programming was great fun for me and thats when i realized that i should have gone for what i love and not for what is the safer option. So when i came back for summer vacation i applied for NUST again this time keeping SE as my top preference. Well i studied a little , cudent study much , hated seeing those FSC books again . And took the Test ,. This time surprisingly i did great . So i was happy , we had a tripped planned for SWAT after the test. So this time i was in Bahrain , Swat when i got the bad news that the test had been canceled (it seems like everytime em on vacation enjoying i get a bad news :S )
i was shattered , I had finally done great on my test and had hopes of getting in but now it was taken away from me again , it was painful , i wanted to find the guy who leaked the entry test and beat the living shits out of him. But well what you cant cure u gotta endure. I came back and decided this time i am going to take the test without studying a word
So there i was sitting at home thinking that i might have to go back to UET when i got a text from my Friend "Oi kia bana NUST ka" and i was like "Result agia ??" . I switched on my laptop and opened NUST website , punched in my roll Number and what i saw was beautiful
1012
I couldn't believe it . After all this time , My Dream had finally came true. I had made it into NUST. It was a great feeling . I had tears in my eyes , tears of joy. After i told my mom and gave her a big hug i layed down the prayer mat and offered 2 Nafil of Shukranay and then i lifted my hands in prayer and tears started pouring out of my eye as i Thanked Allah Almighty for making my dream come true . Some of you might think i am being over emotional but Getting into NUST was like my life's goal and after not making in last year i felt defeated. But here i was victorious . Standing tall , And all i could think was lyrics of this song i am going to quote
I know it was a long Read but well its a long story and i wrote it in the best way i can, I am not a writer and i know my spellings sux and em not the best when it comes to grammar either but since i have alot of time on my hand and i got nothing better to do so i waste my time on such stuff.
Hope you like the first Post . I will try and make More Posts as time goes by. Posts about my daily life in NUST , i will try my best to make them humorous so they are not boring. Hope i will get a positive response .
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So this is Just an Introductory Post . I will give a lil background info bout myself and how i made it to SEECS and what you can expect in this Blog
So where To beggin
I was born in Family where both my parents worked hard to provide me and my siblings the best life they can . My dad was serving in army and mom Used to teach primary classes. They did their best to provide us with the Best education they could afford. By the time i made it to 8th grade i started thinking about my future . What i wanted to be what field should i choose . Since my Dad was an Army officer i was always drawn towards the uniform and thought of it as my goal in life . But somewhere along the way i changed my decision. My uncle is a Software Engineer who studied abroad and owns his own software house . He inspired me a lot , i loved what he used to do and would ask him to teach me how to make websites . All he ever told me was to go look for a software called MS Front Page and learn it yourself . So i did that during my Summer Vacation and wolla my first website was up and running , it was a small website i made , it had jokes , funny pictures , optical illusions and stuff . Em sure no one except me ever visited this website but at that point i knew what i wanted to do . By the Time i was studying in 9th my Dad had been Posted to NUST . Since my father was in NUST i learned alot about it . These were those days when their Head office used to be in Lal Kurti with There Business school across the streat , AMC EME AND MCS being their major schools and Seecs was known as NIIT and was running in rented houses in Chaklala Scheme 3.
As time passed and NUST started gaining International acclaim i started getting fond of it. by the time i was in FSC all i wanted was to get into NUST . I dont know why but i had this strong Love for NUST , when ever there would be a debate about which is the best University of Pakistan i would fight for NUST with such passion that it seemed i owned it
I was an over all good student through out my academic life . I had secured good marks both in Matric and FSC-1 . So now came the big question , What field should i opt for , Personally i wanted to go for software engineering . But my Dad who had been serving in NUST for a while now (he retired while posted in NUST and got a Job in NUST after retirement ) My dad and i had a long discussion about what my preferences should be and well what we decided at the end of the day was to go for mechanical on top followed by mechatronix and software. It was the safer choice
So well i started preparing for the entry test. I didn't join any academy or anything . I just Worked real hard studying around 6-8 hours a day in home for like 2 months making sure i was fully prepared to get into the University of My Dreams . Finally the Big day came . NUST entry Test i was tense all night , couldn't sleep much . Next morning there i was in the examination hall taking the test that would define my future . English was ok , Chemistry was easy Physics was really easy but maths .. God .. i didn't know half the math part. Well after doing what i knew and guessing the remaining i walked out laughing thinking all those hours spend studying wasted . We had a flight to Malaysia 2 days after the test for a family trip so i was off to have the best 15 days of my life with my family . I remember i was sitting in my hotel room in Langkawi Island in Malaysia in morning when i picked up my dads cell to see that he had recieved a message from his co-worker informing that NUST had officially announced the result . My heart skipped a beat , and then it started beating faster than it had ever beaten before. I pulled out my sisters laptop connected to the NUST website and checked my Result
3516
I was shocked , i had tears in my eyes , all my dreams shattered , All my hard work ruined , i felt like some one had just stepped on me and then wiped me off a door mat and then burned the door mat . It was painful , really painful , specially seeing all these tourist around u happy and having a great time . The next 2 days were the worst of my life , I had just found out that i would not be going to the university of my dreams and then i got stung by a jelly fish and had to spend like 3 hours on a hospital bed. After that i decided that it was no use crying over spilt milk and decided to enjoy the remaining days of my vacation . When we got back to Pakistan i applied for UET since i had not applied for anyother university coz NUST was the only one i wanted to go . Luckily UET had to postpone its entry test due to the flood and i had chance to take the test. I took the test with half interest and to my surprise i actually got in . Mechanical Engineering UET LAHORE. One of UET LAHORE'S most reputed discipline .
I wont go into much details about my stay in UET , for That you can read my blog UET GEEK. Well so after 2 semester of studying Mechanical i realized that i hated it . I hated its core subject , i didnt find any interest in it except thermodynamics . It was painful to study , even though i was getting good grades i was not enjoying my studies . We were Taught C++ in our second Semester and i loved it , Programming was great fun for me and thats when i realized that i should have gone for what i love and not for what is the safer option. So when i came back for summer vacation i applied for NUST again this time keeping SE as my top preference. Well i studied a little , cudent study much , hated seeing those FSC books again . And took the Test ,. This time surprisingly i did great . So i was happy , we had a tripped planned for SWAT after the test. So this time i was in Bahrain , Swat when i got the bad news that the test had been canceled (it seems like everytime em on vacation enjoying i get a bad news :S )
i was shattered , I had finally done great on my test and had hopes of getting in but now it was taken away from me again , it was painful , i wanted to find the guy who leaked the entry test and beat the living shits out of him. But well what you cant cure u gotta endure. I came back and decided this time i am going to take the test without studying a word
So there i was sitting at home thinking that i might have to go back to UET when i got a text from my Friend "Oi kia bana NUST ka" and i was like "Result agia ??" . I switched on my laptop and opened NUST website , punched in my roll Number and what i saw was beautiful
1012
I couldn't believe it . After all this time , My Dream had finally came true. I had made it into NUST. It was a great feeling . I had tears in my eyes , tears of joy. After i told my mom and gave her a big hug i layed down the prayer mat and offered 2 Nafil of Shukranay and then i lifted my hands in prayer and tears started pouring out of my eye as i Thanked Allah Almighty for making my dream come true . Some of you might think i am being over emotional but Getting into NUST was like my life's goal and after not making in last year i felt defeated. But here i was victorious . Standing tall , And all i could think was lyrics of this song i am going to quote
I look up to the sky
and now the world is mine
I've known it all my life
I made it, I made it!
I used to dream about, the life I'm living now
I know that there's no doubt
I made it, I made it!
I know it was a long Read but well its a long story and i wrote it in the best way i can, I am not a writer and i know my spellings sux and em not the best when it comes to grammar either but since i have alot of time on my hand and i got nothing better to do so i waste my time on such stuff.
Hope you like the first Post . I will try and make More Posts as time goes by. Posts about my daily life in NUST , i will try my best to make them humorous so they are not boring. Hope i will get a positive response .
Please Comment and Subscribe :)
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