So my holidays have officially begun. Under normal circumstances i would be ecstatic, but such, unfortunately, is not the case this time. Didn't go to college for 4 days last week and nearly lost my mind due to sheer boredom. So much so that i actually dragged my mum to go see Dhamaal with me.
Incidentally, it is a horrible horrible movie. Please do not ever watch it, not even if you were bored out of your mind. Count the number of strands of hair on your head if you will, but do not under any circumstances go watch Dhamaal. How can people make such awful movies? Do they not go stark raving crazy while they're at it? Oh well.......
Anyway, didn't mean to digress. My point is, if i got so highly bored in four days, what's gonna happen to me during the 15-day long autumn break? The thought's worrying me already. Worst part is, i'll have to get some *shudder* studying done now. Have studied nothing so far this year, and the 1st term is already over.
Also, what with me having now joined IMS, i'll have to do a little bit of studying for that at least. Heaven knows why i've joined IMS. An MBA seemed like the logical thing to do, but now i'm not so sure. Do i really want to do an MBA? And if i do, do i have the drive needed to crack, if not CAT, some reasonably good MBA exam? Oh well, it's too late to ask these questions now. I've committed myself, and now i've got to deal with it.
About my birthday, got lots of lovely presents, including 6 grand from my parents. Rich, i am. :-D
Durga Puja's coming up! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. I love Durga Puja, not just because of the food (though that is a major reason) or the meeting-up-with-friends or the staying-up-all-night-4-nights-in-a-row but just because it makes me happy. Wonderfully, inexplicably happy. I walk around with a big grin on my face for about a month before it begins. No clue why. :-D
I've wondered why it makes me feel so cheerful, but i've never been able to satisfactorily explain it. There's something about the festival that is exhilarating. Something in the air i guess. Something almost intoxicating.
Jeez realize that the previous lines sounded awfully cliched so i'm gonna stop now.
Until next time, goodbye, and if you're in DU, enjoy your holidays, and if you're not well then, bad luck my friend. :-p
P.S. - This is my 75th post. Platinum jubilee did someone say? *champagne bottles are popped and confetti is showered from the skies*
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
Of Vodka Shots and Lots Of Firsts
*sheepish grin*
Had an excellent birthday.
Yes, seriously. :-D
Let's see. The day started off on a wonderful note. The macro test went off without a glitch, thanks to Isha. Love her. :-)
Did not attend the IMS class. For reasons which will become clear in a while.
Wore a white and pink floral skirt.
GOT DRUNK (for the first time ever). Woohoooooo! :-p
Anisha and I share our birthdays. So we took everyone out for lunch. Went to cafe 100, and were told that we'd have to wait for 40 minutes. Headed to Berco's, where we were told that we'd have to wait for 45 minutes. Felt extremely pissed and settled for Pizza Hut. Where Anisha had a showdown with one of the waiters. I have to admit, the guy was EXTREMELY rude. We wanted to walk out but had nowhere else to go so we swallowed our indignance (and pride) and kept sitting.
(incidentally, anisha and i coincidentally ended up wearing the same same top. heard cracks about how the birthday girls had dressed up the same way and had to explain about a million times to about a million different people how it wasn't planned, that it was just a coincidence)
Interestingly, the gang got us lots of goodies from Wengers, instead of the usual cake, which was really nice. So we cut a doughnut, while everyone sang happy birthday for us. :-)
And that's when things got interesting. After we were done with lunch, we all headed to Castle Nine to actually celebrate turning 19.
We were given the ol' couple's lounge, much to the chagrin of all the couples, coz the regular seating area was full. Spoiled a lot of cosy dates, that's for sure. There's not much you can do with a roudy bunch of college kids on a sugar (and soon to be alcohol) high all around.
I, who have never consumed any alcohol in the true sense (unless sips from dad and half a peg with lots of Pepsi counts) ordered two vodka shots at the very onset. Downed the first one, felt perfectly fine, and hence proceeded to gulp down the second one too.
Bad idea, in retrospect. Immediate effect, slight nausea. Which knocked some sense into me, and i decided to stop, at least for a while. Did not puke, thankfully.
Sat sipping at a highly diluted glass of vodka, feeling extremely happy and at peace with the world. Did happen to notice that i was talking more and a little louder than usual, but didn't let that bother me too much.
There's a very thin line separating joie de vivre and insanity (or drunkenness, for that matter), as i happened to find out. The next 15 minutes is slightly hazy. All i remember is laughing like a maniac for no evident reason, and talking A LOT. Everyone else had a lovely time, laughing at my expense, and (this is the worst bit) making videos of me making a fool of myself! Wonderful friends i have, i tell you.
At some point i remember asking the bartender to do tricks for me, in honour of it being my birthday.
Apparently i was the only one who got drunk drunk, seeing how i was the only one drinking for the first time.
Awfully awfully embarrassing, but loads of fun as well. :-D
Managed to sober up, thank heavens. Girija said i was in no position to go home alone. No telling what i might do. :-p
So she offered to drop me home halfway. That did not work out, coz it started pouring after a while. First time in 19 years it ever rained on my birthday. So i went to her place (after being warned to not do anything stupid. she could not take home a drunk girl) and dad picked me up from there.
Reached home, soaking wet and feeling terribly ill. Mum popped a thermometer in my mouth, and as you will have it, i was running a temperature of a hundred and three.
Testimony to the *ahem* wild birthday i had maybe? :-p
[ Added later - Forgot to mention, did do an impromptu dance in front of Castle Nine after leaving. :-p]
Had an excellent birthday.
Yes, seriously. :-D
Let's see. The day started off on a wonderful note. The macro test went off without a glitch, thanks to Isha. Love her. :-)
Did not attend the IMS class. For reasons which will become clear in a while.
Wore a white and pink floral skirt.
GOT DRUNK (for the first time ever). Woohoooooo! :-p
Anisha and I share our birthdays. So we took everyone out for lunch. Went to cafe 100, and were told that we'd have to wait for 40 minutes. Headed to Berco's, where we were told that we'd have to wait for 45 minutes. Felt extremely pissed and settled for Pizza Hut. Where Anisha had a showdown with one of the waiters. I have to admit, the guy was EXTREMELY rude. We wanted to walk out but had nowhere else to go so we swallowed our indignance (and pride) and kept sitting.
(incidentally, anisha and i coincidentally ended up wearing the same same top. heard cracks about how the birthday girls had dressed up the same way and had to explain about a million times to about a million different people how it wasn't planned, that it was just a coincidence)
Interestingly, the gang got us lots of goodies from Wengers, instead of the usual cake, which was really nice. So we cut a doughnut, while everyone sang happy birthday for us. :-)
And that's when things got interesting. After we were done with lunch, we all headed to Castle Nine to actually celebrate turning 19.
We were given the ol' couple's lounge, much to the chagrin of all the couples, coz the regular seating area was full. Spoiled a lot of cosy dates, that's for sure. There's not much you can do with a roudy bunch of college kids on a sugar (and soon to be alcohol) high all around.
I, who have never consumed any alcohol in the true sense (unless sips from dad and half a peg with lots of Pepsi counts) ordered two vodka shots at the very onset. Downed the first one, felt perfectly fine, and hence proceeded to gulp down the second one too.
Bad idea, in retrospect. Immediate effect, slight nausea. Which knocked some sense into me, and i decided to stop, at least for a while. Did not puke, thankfully.
Sat sipping at a highly diluted glass of vodka, feeling extremely happy and at peace with the world. Did happen to notice that i was talking more and a little louder than usual, but didn't let that bother me too much.
There's a very thin line separating joie de vivre and insanity (or drunkenness, for that matter), as i happened to find out. The next 15 minutes is slightly hazy. All i remember is laughing like a maniac for no evident reason, and talking A LOT. Everyone else had a lovely time, laughing at my expense, and (this is the worst bit) making videos of me making a fool of myself! Wonderful friends i have, i tell you.
At some point i remember asking the bartender to do tricks for me, in honour of it being my birthday.
Apparently i was the only one who got drunk drunk, seeing how i was the only one drinking for the first time.
Awfully awfully embarrassing, but loads of fun as well. :-D
Managed to sober up, thank heavens. Girija said i was in no position to go home alone. No telling what i might do. :-p
So she offered to drop me home halfway. That did not work out, coz it started pouring after a while. First time in 19 years it ever rained on my birthday. So i went to her place (after being warned to not do anything stupid. she could not take home a drunk girl) and dad picked me up from there.
Reached home, soaking wet and feeling terribly ill. Mum popped a thermometer in my mouth, and as you will have it, i was running a temperature of a hundred and three.
Testimony to the *ahem* wild birthday i had maybe? :-p
[ Added later - Forgot to mention, did do an impromptu dance in front of Castle Nine after leaving. :-p]
Monday, September 17, 2007
Ain't birthdays just brilliant?
Well my birthday week's got off to a flying start. Wasn't feeling too well last night, mum checked my temperature and as you will have it, i had fever. Didn't go to college today, got bored to the high heavens and cribbed nonstop.
Now let's talk about what my birthday's going to be like, shall we?
Let's see, i have a bloody macro test that day (incidentally i have attended about 4 macro classes in the whole term; it's like god's subtle way of telling me something). Two of my closest friends won't be in town. Aaand my IMS classes begin that day. Bet the day's gonna be oodles of fun.
Bit of a contrast to last year's birthday.
You must've guessed by now that i'm not at my chirpiest best. Not least because of the fact that my head is pounding right now and my nose is all blocked. And that i'm bored.
For the past one week I've been trying to work up the courage to talk to this cute guy who travels by my bus. One reason that i haven't been able to do it so far is the fear that he might be a first year student. But i have to admit, the major reason is sheer timidity. I happen to be painfully shy. :-p
Anyway, i'm off. Until next time, goodbye, and have a wonderful week ahead. Mine's going to be just dandy.
P.S. - My birthday's on the 21st of September, just for the record.
P.P.S. - Guess an explanation for the deleted story is warranted. Pretty simple explanation. Had put it up mainly as a sort of joke at a friend's expense. And had used some, let's say, politically incorrect names for the characters. The friend wasn't too happy about the whole thing, and hence i took it off. Might put it up again using different names.
Now let's talk about what my birthday's going to be like, shall we?
Let's see, i have a bloody macro test that day (incidentally i have attended about 4 macro classes in the whole term; it's like god's subtle way of telling me something). Two of my closest friends won't be in town. Aaand my IMS classes begin that day. Bet the day's gonna be oodles of fun.
Bit of a contrast to last year's birthday.
You must've guessed by now that i'm not at my chirpiest best. Not least because of the fact that my head is pounding right now and my nose is all blocked. And that i'm bored.
For the past one week I've been trying to work up the courage to talk to this cute guy who travels by my bus. One reason that i haven't been able to do it so far is the fear that he might be a first year student. But i have to admit, the major reason is sheer timidity. I happen to be painfully shy. :-p
Anyway, i'm off. Until next time, goodbye, and have a wonderful week ahead. Mine's going to be just dandy.
P.S. - My birthday's on the 21st of September, just for the record.
P.P.S. - Guess an explanation for the deleted story is warranted. Pretty simple explanation. Had put it up mainly as a sort of joke at a friend's expense. And had used some, let's say, politically incorrect names for the characters. The friend wasn't too happy about the whole thing, and hence i took it off. Might put it up again using different names.
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Tall Tales
Lots of things happening but no time to update. Lots of firsts in the past couple of weeks. Will mention those in another post, am running short of time.
Oh and an announcements of sorts. Collected Short Stories will be revived, albeit only temporarily. For the uninitiated, those are 'anecdotes' so to speak picked up from my own life. :-p
You might wanna take a look at the following.
Story 1 : the one with the same phones
story 3: the one where i screw up!! (only read the 2nd story, not the first one)
Story 4 : the one where i'm 'his love' (not too interesting, but it holds a soft spot in my heart. :-p)
Story 5 : The one with the offer of friendship (hilarious. DO read it. DO!!)
Story 6 : The one where the ironies of life are revealed. (extremely long. read it only if you have a lot of time on your hands)
Not much of a post, and i apologise for that. I promise the next post will more than make up for it (or so i hope at least. Lol)
Anyway, i'm off for now, got some studying to do (which in most probability will not happen as i will either fall asleep or find the newspaper WAY more engrossing). Until next time, goodbye, and happy reading my stories.
Oh and an announcements of sorts. Collected Short Stories will be revived, albeit only temporarily. For the uninitiated, those are 'anecdotes' so to speak picked up from my own life. :-p
You might wanna take a look at the following.
Story 1 : the one with the same phones
story 3: the one where i screw up!! (only read the 2nd story, not the first one)
Story 4 : the one where i'm 'his love' (not too interesting, but it holds a soft spot in my heart. :-p)
Story 5 : The one with the offer of friendship (hilarious. DO read it. DO!!)
Story 6 : The one where the ironies of life are revealed. (extremely long. read it only if you have a lot of time on your hands)
Not much of a post, and i apologise for that. I promise the next post will more than make up for it (or so i hope at least. Lol)
Anyway, i'm off for now, got some studying to do (which in most probability will not happen as i will either fall asleep or find the newspaper WAY more engrossing). Until next time, goodbye, and happy reading my stories.
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