My top 10!

OK, singular lack of interest all round, it seems :) Anyway, here is my quick 10. I thought these were the most complex, most consistent and most entertaining characters that I had read so far.

1. Albus Dumbledore

2. Lord Elmsworth

3. Sherlock Holmes

4. Long John Silver

5. Severus Snape

6. Bertie Wooster

7. Arthur Dent (bumbling Englishman tripping through time and space, completelty out of his depth: from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams)

8. Dirk Gently (a detective who believes in the fundamental interconnection of everything in the universe and thus tries to solve cases in a 'wholistic' manner. Created by Douglas Adams)

9. Captain Hastings (another bumbling Englishman!)

1o. Scarlett O'hara

Now, anyone else wants to go?

The CDC Call

So apparently, CDC decided to do a "follow-up survey" on whether I got sick from the "norovirus" they identified as the cause of the sickness. Well, I did not, so I am not dying yet, but I gave CDC a piece of my mind as to how they should leave the message. Something better than "Contact Investigation", which can scare the bejeesus out of people.

Opinion Poll: Top 10 Characters in Literature

Apart from birthday greetings, literature is something that obviously animates most of the Singampallis. So how about a poll of the top 10 characters in literature? Since the choice is vast, we could lay down some ground rules for ease of selection:
1. Only English literature (sorry senior Singampallis, juniors not read enough Telugu literature :-( )
2. Only from novels or short stories(not comics or animation)
3. If you cant think of all 10 characters, anything lesser would also do.
4. Most Important: All Singampallis should contribute (yes, I know- that is wishful thinking:))
5. Poll closes in one week (or till everyone votes :))
6. Ok that is it...I cant make up any more ground rules...and feel free to break all above rules too :)

At the end, we will count the votes and identify the Ultimate Singampalli Top 10!!!

What say, should we do this?

A scary message

I come home from class Monday night, and Srinivas tells me the Center for Disease Control (CDC) called.
I was on this horrible trip from Boston to Los Angeles 2 weeks ago, where 12 passengers on the plane I was traveling got sick with vomiting and diarrhea. Our plane got diverted to Chicago, where we were put on another plane to LA, and I ended up missing my San Jose connecting flight and flew back the next morning after staying in LA.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27100391/


And CDC is calling about that and asked me to refer to the "Contact Investigation, Flight 167"

So what really happened? Am I sick? Am I dying? Why is CDC calling me?

See tomorrow's post for answers to the above questions.

And we made it to the semi finals

Darden Innovation Challenge

http://www.innovationchallenge.com/index.html

• 55 Schools
• 264 Teams
• 1140 Contestants from 48 Countries

Our team is one of the 25 to be selected for semi-finals. Semis are Wednesday and Thursday. Will know if we make it to the finals on Friday.