May 28th 2008 will be one day in my life I would love to keep thinking about forever. It was an amazing evening..and adding to that I actually met a friend..o.k can't call him a friend actually but yeah a friend (lol). He was the guy who taught me TREASURE-HUNTING. Yeah! Totally funny. But now he's the opposite. I remember him as the guy who loved playing around and read books..and yeah make sure the other person is also having fun along with him. Well yeah! lol I did have fun ...but one thing I realized talking to him was he's a lot more practical than anybody I met.
Anyway, I'll write the talk I had with him later in the post..first comes the concert.
Reached the venue at 7:00pm sharp. We were never that punctual actually and luckily we got the front row seats. Dad got the passes for the V.V.I.P's and wow! Well apparently Shivamani came and he sat right in front of us. My dad met his 'favorite' storyteller. Well she happened to be the one who kept telling him stories when my dad was a kid. Nice. Apparently her son was the one who taught me treasure-hunting.;-) While everybody were busy chatting away I met Bhargav and wow realized he was not the normal teenager. O.K. He writes poetry. Poetry on death. Says death is the only thing we can be sure of in our life. Nice idea but..ah what ever. People have their own tastes and likings.
At exactly 7:05pm the program started by introducing the artists. They were an Australian orchestra and the Indians were from an organization called "Sruthi laya". It was named as an "Oceanic Dream". Catchy right? The music was catchy too. It was the best I heard till date. They sang numerous bhajans and for a second you actually won't believe they are playing Indian classical. The fusion of the music was like the river meeting the ocean. (you call them estuaries actually)
In between a very well trained Bharatnatyam dancer(Famous dance of the Tamil nadu state if you don't know), Rajeswari Sainath. We were awe-struck by her performance. She could match her steps with the music, music which was party classical party western.
While Bhargav and me were discussing about LAW...I realized I actually under-estimated the law schools of our country. Well they are pretty much impressing. I remember mum telling me she wanted a lawyer from our family and Blah blah blah. But well I still don't say am going to get into LAW now.
AT 9:00pm the band actually played a song (they said it was a bangla folk song). A song the whole nation knows. A song the whole nation would be proud listening to (am i sounding a bit too patriotic??well actually at that moment I was! :-) ) It was Vande-mataram. It was played well. The only woman playing it along with the band was the saxophonist. The band did a great job. In the end they were awarded for their splendid performance! Truly Aamzing! Every body enjoyed the show. And well it was over. I had a great time and yeah! I met the treaure-hunter too after something like ages. Nice evening. And we went over for dinner to 100 degrees. A restaurent you'll love having food at. At least I do. And we went over for an ice-cream at 11:30pm. Our family doctor, A dentist actually, and his family, dined with us. We had fun totally. Some how my mind kept dragging me back to the auditorium...back to the artist...back to the seat behind Shivamani...It was a fun-filled evening and an evening I'll never forget....( after all am a fusion music fan!) or may be it wont let me forget it?
Friday, May 30, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
POST EXAM JITTERS!
Yeah! AT last! My improvement exams ended! Though today's paper was a wee-bit tough..no actually it wasn't. It was pretty easy...but..umm you see I always had tough time with chemistry. GOD-KNOWS-WHY. Half of my friends think am some weirdo from some weird planet...but...yeah I'd prefer physics any day to chemistry! Well...yeah even before I could finish the exam...I was day-dreaming about meeting my pals over lunch. Anyway...the invigilators who came into the class were a certain type of psychos! OH NO! Only one of them was. The other was ....tee-hee-hee..resembled my grand-pa! Nice isn't it? NOT NICE!
The class was nervous. We never faced such I-WILL-KILL-YOU-IF-YOU-TALK-TO-ANYONE sort of invigilators. Well, actually I faced the other guy just a few days ago. On the day of my maths-1-a exam. And believe me...that exam was a DISASTER. Oh no! I didn't spoil my exams because of that guy...no No copying either...it was just that people pulled my shirt from my back or kept poking me with the pencil..or kept bugging me to pass my paper written with answers. OK. don't give me that gross look...I AM A HYPER-SENSITIVE girl..I KNOW. Problem is..HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY GIVE A NO WHEN YOU HAVE TO? Well your conscience will prick you later though..but..seriously..giving a yes and a no at a very wrong time is..one, not a BIG, mistake in your life ...but..just that you regret later and that will make you feel HORRIBLE. Yes, it will. At least it did to me. I felt awe fully guilty when I knew it was impossible to pass my sheet of paper to provide answers to a girl who was actually caught by that invigilator's eye and has also been warned twice..and to a girl who seemed to flunk horribly! Well that is being uselessly sensitive..at least she should have prepared a little bit to PASS..but..SIGH! She was in such a pitiable state..and well I should have told her it would be impossible to pass my sheet considering the gap of a bench between us. Anyway...she knew it as well..and the invigilators kept an eye on her too. Sad but true..she left one whole damn section empty and left the hall sulking.
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What do you wanna know more? I died with guilt literally. I was the one who couldn't say NO and couldn't complete my paper on time..whereas that girl was continuing to ask..!
NO MORE GUILT NOW! All I wanted to post was...I swear I would want to get tougher and stronger mentally day by day..and sharper too. Cause once your conscience pricks you...you are your own job's victim. And yeah..being your own doing's victim is much painful and horrible. OK! OVER REACTING YOU THINK? true ... I think the same...anyway...I decided I'll give a firm NO to any person who's gonna make me do something I THINK is not worth doing. Poor kid..couldn't write well...but..poor me, couldn't say no and stop her having hopes on me. But well...wouldn't wanna give any more chances to this damn conscience to prick me much further.
P.S: MOM thinks am going to be a great STRESS MANAGEMENT GURU.
P.P.S: And yeah this time I gave her a firm NO..cause GURUING is not my job.
yawn...good night sleep now ..and yeah HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO ME...sad..my Independence won't even last for for 5 days. My great college is re-opening on 2ND of June. How shitty can a news get?
The class was nervous. We never faced such I-WILL-KILL-YOU-IF-YOU-TALK-TO-ANYONE sort of invigilators. Well, actually I faced the other guy just a few days ago. On the day of my maths-1-a exam. And believe me...that exam was a DISASTER. Oh no! I didn't spoil my exams because of that guy...no No copying either...it was just that people pulled my shirt from my back or kept poking me with the pencil..or kept bugging me to pass my paper written with answers. OK. don't give me that gross look...I AM A HYPER-SENSITIVE girl..I KNOW. Problem is..HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY GIVE A NO WHEN YOU HAVE TO? Well your conscience will prick you later though..but..seriously..giving a yes and a no at a very wrong time is..one, not a BIG, mistake in your life ...but..just that you regret later and that will make you feel HORRIBLE. Yes, it will. At least it did to me. I felt awe fully guilty when I knew it was impossible to pass my sheet of paper to provide answers to a girl who was actually caught by that invigilator's eye and has also been warned twice..and to a girl who seemed to flunk horribly! Well that is being uselessly sensitive..at least she should have prepared a little bit to PASS..but..SIGH! She was in such a pitiable state..and well I should have told her it would be impossible to pass my sheet considering the gap of a bench between us. Anyway...she knew it as well..and the invigilators kept an eye on her too. Sad but true..she left one whole damn section empty and left the hall sulking.
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What do you wanna know more? I died with guilt literally. I was the one who couldn't say NO and couldn't complete my paper on time..whereas that girl was continuing to ask..!
NO MORE GUILT NOW! All I wanted to post was...I swear I would want to get tougher and stronger mentally day by day..and sharper too. Cause once your conscience pricks you...you are your own job's victim. And yeah..being your own doing's victim is much painful and horrible. OK! OVER REACTING YOU THINK? true ... I think the same...anyway...I decided I'll give a firm NO to any person who's gonna make me do something I THINK is not worth doing. Poor kid..couldn't write well...but..poor me, couldn't say no and stop her having hopes on me. But well...wouldn't wanna give any more chances to this damn conscience to prick me much further.
P.S: MOM thinks am going to be a great STRESS MANAGEMENT GURU.
P.P.S: And yeah this time I gave her a firm NO..cause GURUING is not my job.
yawn...good night sleep now ..and yeah HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO ME...sad..my Independence won't even last for for 5 days. My great college is re-opening on 2ND of June. How shitty can a news get?
Sunday, May 18, 2008
WHAT AN EVENING??!!??
Guess what? Yesterday evening was the most memorable evening in my life....!! I met my favourite writer....Mr.Chetan Bhagat.He was totally cool, down to earth and friendly!
And what more? I actually got a..no no 2 pics clicked for me! Wow..the first pic ..lol you could count all my teeth showing..and the second pic..you could count both mine and Chetan's teeth! Lol yeah! In the one to one session I got up and asked about the rat race for IIT in our country. Everybody wanted to go to IIT for their GRADUATION and no other college is preferred. I asked him if it was worth running in the rat race..and more over will it be worth it if I got into it?
And after that all I did was stare at him. What a MAN! He was very friendly and obviously chilled. And then he said something and I blushed and I sat down. HEY wait a min! yeah! I was staring hard at him that I didn't really concentrate on what he was telling me. Later when my friend cornered me and told me what exactly he told ..I was head over heels!
First he gave me a ARE-YOU-ALSO-TRYING-FOR-IIT look, and then he said “you? Oh no! you are too pretty for IIT!”
I was OH MY GOD! Totally blushing..actually I did'nt understand what he meant by that. After that he explained about his book, how his wife was so helpful..and how cute his little kids were. And then came the book signing and photo taking session. I mean wow man!! He actually asked some guy to meet me…and advice me on how to actually get into IIT and how much fun you’ll have in IIT. And that guy was Nitin (I don’t know him!) and I asked him if that guy was a “bhaiyya” he said “Oh no! He’s a boy friend material! In fact he was complaining that there was nobody like NEHA for him in there. So I thought I’d tell you!” and there you go made me blush again! Damn! He’s a professional at this! (OK this meant nothing!) And next when two of my friends together took a pic with me..they pushed me to the corner and I complained. Then Chetan bhagat was like “Oye! Koi baat nahi (not a problem!) I’ll put my hand over your head” Now imagine that!! WOW!!!
And I waited in the queue for my pic, wow…!! But he actually did’nt look at the camera when the photo was taken. And then I went back to him to get the photo autographed (what a maniac I am!!) and he told “hi again!”
“can I get my pic autographed..i mean our pic..!”
“sure! Anyway did you meet your boyfriend? He was right here! Oh we missed him again!”
“OK! Haahahaha…I’ll meet him definitely then!”
He turns the photo’s backside and finds he’s not looking at the camera when the pic was taken. He almost tore that picture and I grabbed it from him! “Let’s take another one! I am hardly looking at that camera guy!”
“ok.” (and then I got a nice sideways hug from him! And lol)
“wow! nice pose!" I heard someone from behind say.
And that was it! He stroked my head and said all the best and take care! That was how my meeting with CHETAN BHAGAT ended. And yeah not to forget the marker thing. THANK GOD IT WAS’NT A PERMANENT MARKER!
But seriously...it was a great time. Sanchita came along and guess what she did? She pulled his cheeks and he was like “Oh god! I’ve gotta be careful with Hyderabad's girls!”
He was such a different person. I totally liked him. And that evening was the best evening of my life till today. Imagine you spent your evening in company with your favorite person?? Can’t resist right? I know. I came home excited and I will be getting my pictures now. Asked a guy who stays closer to my place to collect it for me. And he did lol! Anyway…Chetan you rock! We’ll love you and your books forever! It was an amazing experience meeting you and I’ll make sure I’ll attend to all your book launches in my city! We Love you!!
And what more? I actually got a..no no 2 pics clicked for me! Wow..the first pic ..lol you could count all my teeth showing..and the second pic..you could count both mine and Chetan's teeth! Lol yeah! In the one to one session I got up and asked about the rat race for IIT in our country. Everybody wanted to go to IIT for their GRADUATION and no other college is preferred. I asked him if it was worth running in the rat race..and more over will it be worth it if I got into it?
And after that all I did was stare at him. What a MAN! He was very friendly and obviously chilled. And then he said something and I blushed and I sat down. HEY wait a min! yeah! I was staring hard at him that I didn't really concentrate on what he was telling me. Later when my friend cornered me and told me what exactly he told ..I was head over heels!
First he gave me a ARE-YOU-ALSO-TRYING-FOR-IIT look, and then he said “you? Oh no! you are too pretty for IIT!”
I was OH MY GOD! Totally blushing..actually I did'nt understand what he meant by that. After that he explained about his book, how his wife was so helpful..and how cute his little kids were. And then came the book signing and photo taking session. I mean wow man!! He actually asked some guy to meet me…and advice me on how to actually get into IIT and how much fun you’ll have in IIT. And that guy was Nitin (I don’t know him!) and I asked him if that guy was a “bhaiyya” he said “Oh no! He’s a boy friend material! In fact he was complaining that there was nobody like NEHA for him in there. So I thought I’d tell you!” and there you go made me blush again! Damn! He’s a professional at this! (OK this meant nothing!) And next when two of my friends together took a pic with me..they pushed me to the corner and I complained. Then Chetan bhagat was like “Oye! Koi baat nahi (not a problem!) I’ll put my hand over your head” Now imagine that!! WOW!!!
And I waited in the queue for my pic, wow…!! But he actually did’nt look at the camera when the photo was taken. And then I went back to him to get the photo autographed (what a maniac I am!!) and he told “hi again!”
“can I get my pic autographed..i mean our pic..!”
“sure! Anyway did you meet your boyfriend? He was right here! Oh we missed him again!”
“OK! Haahahaha…I’ll meet him definitely then!”
He turns the photo’s backside and finds he’s not looking at the camera when the pic was taken. He almost tore that picture and I grabbed it from him! “Let’s take another one! I am hardly looking at that camera guy!”
“ok.” (and then I got a nice sideways hug from him! And lol)
“wow! nice pose!" I heard someone from behind say.
And that was it! He stroked my head and said all the best and take care! That was how my meeting with CHETAN BHAGAT ended. And yeah not to forget the marker thing. THANK GOD IT WAS’NT A PERMANENT MARKER!
But seriously...it was a great time. Sanchita came along and guess what she did? She pulled his cheeks and he was like “Oh god! I’ve gotta be careful with Hyderabad's girls!”
He was such a different person. I totally liked him. And that evening was the best evening of my life till today. Imagine you spent your evening in company with your favorite person?? Can’t resist right? I know. I came home excited and I will be getting my pictures now. Asked a guy who stays closer to my place to collect it for me. And he did lol! Anyway…Chetan you rock! We’ll love you and your books forever! It was an amazing experience meeting you and I’ll make sure I’ll attend to all your book launches in my city! We Love you!!
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
My first Post!
O.k after like a month i have successfully opened up my OWN blog! Thanks a ton Yash {ash}....for no reason in particular...(:P)! Well am pretty too much excited on this..so..guess I'l get myself prepared with a great topic and blog it right away. ~it's so much fun opening a blog!~
CHEERS!
CHEERS!
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