Day 245: 6th Mar, 2010 - Ruk kyu gaye, bajao!

It's 4.15 am. I am not at all sleepy. And this is even after returning to my room after 3 hours of non-stop dance and fun at the insti party we had today. Can be partly attributed to the fact that I have a feeling that I am in an inebriate state of mind, though not with a drop of alcohol. My mind is suddenly filled with lots zillions of random thoughts. And for the same reason given to you in the line above. Though I am not sure which is the cause and which is the effect.

Anyways, continuing the rant.

A random gtalk conversation suddenly shifted to a question in which I sat down to think of a reason for some action. And I suddenly realised I didn't have any. Things didn't end there. I thought of a few other things I did today. No reasons. Don't jump to conclusions and declare me to be a man devoid of logic and one who takes only emotional decisions. No, not me. But strangely enough, everything I did today was without reason. 

My day began with blissfully sleeping through multiple alarms and being a little late to class, mainly because I was finishing up an assignment. (in which, later I realised, I had written answers to the wrong Qs!). Anyways, I sat for 75 out of 90 minutes and did not get attendance. But I still sat. I had better things to do, but I saw LOST. I wanted to go to watch a movie, but I didn't. I didn't feel like attending the insti party, but I did (thankfully! :P). Basically you get the gist.

Ok, so? Well.. nothing. And that is why NOT having a reason is irritating.

Coming back to the insti party. (I already told you it's a rant). Am glad I went. Danced a lot, but we did not have a great DJ, so somehow seemed less active. 2-3 full sized people sat on me randomly, even as a classmate pressed my nostrils tight :D . Worst part was that this insti party got over at 2 am (even worse than the fact that those fatsos almost killed me ) !! Can you believe that.. !! as early as that..!! To whomsoever concerned - we haven't even warmed up guys!!

And ya, the promised book yatra. I completed '2 states'. :) Not that I wasn't able to locate a few of my own! :P . Anyways, his previous two books sucked, especially considering the standards set by five point someone but this one has that nice wry humor about it. I would definitely recommend a READ.

Day 244: 5th Mar, 2010

Am having marathon sleepy sessions these days. Slept sometime just before 12 yesterday and woke up only at 11 in the morning. Luckily for me our first class was only at 11.45, so I survived.

I still didn't have my specs; and as I couldn't see the board, I thought I would rather read '2 States' by Chetan Bhagat. (sorry for the sad excuse. The book just came on to me and I started reading it, considering it a wiser means of using the limited resource called time.) It's a typical Chetan Bhagat timepass read. The premise of the book is rather simple - North Indian boy falls in love with a South Indian girl @ IIMA. But being in India, love is not reason enough to get married. The book narrates how the two people try to go about getting their families to agree and give their consent. Not yet done with reading it so I'll reserve my reviews till tomorrow.

Went to Saharaganj today with Ghate. I needed to collect my specs and he needed to buy new shoes. I got done with my errand, he didn't find anything :D. Had Chilly Garlic noodles at Yo! China. The quantity is perfect for two people with little appetite :-p , especially when they have eaten the jumbo sized roadside panipuri (oh and btw, in panipuri here, every dip of the puri is in a different flavoured pani such as jaljeera, hing, teekha khatta, nimbu, meetha khatta. Nice and tangy!)

Day 243: 4th Mar, 2010 - Aaraam :D

Am wondering how days are SO free suddenly. Had only ONE lecture today, and I bunked even that one to get some extra sleep. Went to the city to get my specs repaired. Played a round of pool at H11. Continued the sporting equipment hunt ;-) and then played around 15-16 games (!!!) of TT with Kaushik :D. Then saw 3 episodes of LOST and am now done with season 3. Followed that up with dinner and some hockey action in the mess followed by an exploratory walk around the campus. Back to my room and I hear we have only 2 hrs of lectures tomorrow. 

C'est la vie!

Day 242: 3rd Mar, 2010

One problem with breaks and trips is the momentary change they bring in your expectation level. And consequently the routine looks duller than before. As I find myself trapped in the web of performing mundane activities, I find it hard to push myself out of my state of inertia and start towards finishing the activities I have marked on my yellow sticky notes. One of those boring days when all you want to do is watch the clock ticking by. And be aware that the clock is ticking by.

This Praveen took my bike keys with him when I went for a trip. And before I was back, he himself went for a trip! I broke into his room today to get back my bike keys :D

And sometimes just when you feel things are cruelly boring, funny things happen. Am writing this small post at 4 in the morning, and just by chance, I see this latest mail sent to the ENTIRE batch :

"Hi council...

It is observed that mosquito has increased a lot in hostel  . I request student council to take initiative ASAP. To save us from this menace. 

Regards 

XYZ"

Woah, plenty of laughs still out there eh :D . Touch job, council :D

Day 241: 2nd Mar, 2010

Arrived back on campus today morning at around 6. Back to lectures. Took a risk taking a small nap at 7.30am but fortunately managed to wake up on time for the 8.45 lec.

Have been really really desperate to see Karthik Calling Karthik ever since I saw Deepika Padukone in it. My only complain about the trip was that I would not get to watch the movie first day. So the natural course of action was to watch it as soon as I was back i.e. today itself. So Pachpan, Vanki, Chajju, Ghate and me went to catch it at Wave.

I was pretty happy that the movie churned out the one thing I wanted from it - not a single still in the movie where Deepika looks anything less than awesome! The fact that I personally also found the climax interesting was only an added bonus. But mind's back on Deepika. Overdose? Should I discuss something else? Oh but how could she be so beautiful man! ... Guess not much scope for that right now.

Days 237,238,239,240: 26th Feb - 1st Mar, 2010 - Uttarkhand Trip!

Finally a trip !

Would be toooooooo long a post for this blog. And toooooo long for a lazy bum like me to write, atleast as of now. Might probably pen down a few things someday when I am in the mood to do so and then link it up here.

Till then, broadly the itinerary we followed was :

25th night 

>> departure from Aishbagh, Lucknow >> MAFIA! >> 

26th Feb

Lalkuan >> bus >> Bhimtal, Naukuchiyatal >> paragliding/trek >> reaching Gwaldham by night >> 

27th Feb

sunrise @ Gwaldham .. orange rays on the snow capped peaks >> loooong bus journey >> stopover @ Bageshwar >> reaching Munsiyari @ night >> bonfire

28th Feb 

trek >> snow >> valleys >> snow wars! >> Holi >> bonfire >>

1st Mar midnight 00.00 hrs 

resume journey back >> morning stopover to avoid Holi mandalis >> random trek >> playing in the river >> Nainital detour >> Kathgodam >> train >> MAFIA again! >>

Was one super awesome trip :D

Day 236: 25th Feb, 2010

Sorry for the loooooooooooooooooong delay! (Not that I expect many people to be following my blog, but still, to whomsoever does do it)

We had an extended weekend, thanks to Holi falling on a Monday. So, 18 of us (17 from my section + makdi) had been on a 4 day trip to Uttarkhand. Will give those details in another post.

Just trying to recollect what I did on this day.. hmm.. not much, but still my afternoon schedule was quite packed as we were to leave in the evening. Significant thing: I remember using the common hostel washing machine for the first time! .. just so I could have extra clothes for the trip. Even did some last minute INDEX work - final touches on the convocation poster. And from the trillions of chocolates owed to me by people, finally got one Crackle from chatur :D