Tuesday: Deepti mentions phone conversations with Kushal. While this is not a bad thing, it IS unusual. I have known of phone convos with Salomi... but not with Kushal. Oh well, i figure, if Salomi can hang out at my place while Kushal is in college.. how is this any different?
Wednesday: I mention to Deepti that we could meet up this evening. But madam needs to get her lens done. Trust Miss Deeby to leave it till the last 4 days. And she is all "what is this?? HOW can you have a meeting tomorrow?? We ought to meet up!" So i figure why not? LEts go for dinner. We make plans at 1 am.
Thursday: I msg Salomi bright and early. Cause i figure if its gonna get late (what with her french class and all) then she prolly needs permission from her mommy.. not to mention extra cash. Kushal and Raghav I can inform in college. ANd Salomi can pass on the message to Vineha.
Kushal keeps going on about how she may not wanna come .. etc etc. Salomi says she is in, but Mr. Ragahv has an excuse which, we have on good authority, is totally mala fide (Apparently even non-availability of C&H didn't shake his firm resolve =P ) Vineha is coming though.. so i am all excitedly telling Deepti.
5.45 pm : Karishma calls and says she's coming over to the "katta".
6.20 pm : Deepti's maid a.k.a. the amazing Jyoti says Deepti has left.
7.00 pm : Neily boy says "I am giving you all the FRIENDS seasons. Don't take it form anyone else. Like really! (apparently he was not to mention it. But this is NEil. Forgive him Lord, he knows not what he does)
7.30 pm : KAri says "WHy is Deepti calling MEEEE??" When she does get through, karishma talks softly and doesn'e tell me why she called.
8.00 pm : Kushal gets a call.. HEr eyes go round. But then she tells me Ritika called. (Utter BULLL)
8.30 pm : Deepti turns up with more bull. =P
9.00 pm : DANI COMES!!!! And I'm all "OOOOOOOOH"
After this i get these amazing gifts packaged in the most beautiful way possible AND i get treated to dinner (which *I* planned btw =P )
But most of all i had an AWESOME time. Its been ages since I've heard VIneha laugh that way. And seen Salomi turning pink with all the laughing. And been hypnotised with a spoon and/or bead necklace. And hit someone HARD with a New Yorker's Menu Card.
I am just sad i didn't have the camera to take any pictures. But then its me. I have no memorable moments captured on film.. these are just a few more..
The inside story is that apparently I am supremely suspicious and hence it is NO fun planning a surprise for me. But this was AMAZING!!! I was grinning all the way back. Hee.
And people are very thankful to me primarily because I went to the entire bother of planning my own birthday surprise. Hee.
And now that i have completed this random rambling, I take your leave.
A bientot,
Sukanya.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Homes Sweet Homes
So. As is obvious from ALok's and Raghav's blogs - college has started. All throughout last year, you could hear me saying college was loads of fun. Right now i'm telling you as i see it - it is BORING. VEEEEERRRYYYYY boring.
One teacher is painfully irritating. One is fun, knows her subject and her students. One is not "fun" but she sure knows how to teach. And that's important for something like SOM. Our B.Mat lectures haven't even started yet. And we have 12 hrs a week absolutely free because the practicals are non-existant. Don't get me wrong. I totally appreciate free time. But not when i can't do anything with it!!! What am i sposed to from 9 to 12 in the morning? Crossword isn't even open for most of it.
Oh and Children of Hurin - is TOTALLLLLYYY awesome. All these fantasy stories have one usual thing - the protagonist is a GOOD guy. That's why he's called a protagonist anyways. But in Children of Hurin - the fellow is human. He has his faults. You know i hate unpleasantness. I figure its a fantasy - might as well have it nice through and through :P I mean drama and angst are good. But when people do stupid things, or they're going through a rough patch - I just don't like it. But in this book I don't mind at all.
I can't believe i wrote more about a HALF a book (no i haven't finished it yet) than about how boring my college can be.
This year i am positively getting one gift for my birthday. YAY YAY YAY. I love presents. hee. (no no. i am not suggesting that you'll go out and buy me presents. now WHY would i do something like that?? =P )
Deepti said that if i didn't show large "L"s on her forehead she might just give it to me. (I think all I'd have to do is make another nice cake and hand it to her.. )
And she says its BIG.
*eyes go round*
*wants present very badly*
*wants to know what present is*
*wants birthday tomorrow*
Today we sat below my house (yeah where else would we sit???) for 3 1/2 hours straight (surprisingly, none of the mom's called up till 9.30 pm. My dad suggested there was no point coming home at all. I might as well sleep there since i am forever camped there) It was like a movie.. except we didn'e get any popcorn *pout*
But i liked this movie. I may not get to see such a movie for the next 6 months.
Here's how the typical movie goes:
Neil reaches matunga first. Camps out at my bldg "katta". Calls me down.
Karishma reaches soon after (she wasn't there today).
Darshini and Deepti arrive depending on who wants to win the Punctuality Award on given day.
We sit there till one of our moms call up and demand that we return.
We don't need to go someplace "fun". We tried deciding on "places" to go a few times. Its no use. That katta is like a siren calling out to us. (Except we aren't sailors to be lured in.. but i thought it was a good analogy) We almost never get hungry or thirsty while we're sitting there.
Predictably, my building people probably wanna throw me out now. If the ground floor people were listening - they would've been horrified. Then again i am sure Neil used certain expletives which they didn't even understand :P
My knees are aching from being hit so much by a guy who has absolutely NO Adipose tissue. (This was something between catching up on the past month and birthday bumps in advance)
Turns out - i might have to start off GRE class sometime in the not-so-distant future. *headdesk*
You know the BEE corridor? (We call it that cause the BEE lab was there) Exam time its a cool place to be. You can totally spread out your legs, take out your shoes and socks and study in peace. In the MDH you can sleep ON the desks. MLR 12 is pretty comfy too. The parapet outside the Comps dept is up there with the best of them. I see my building katta slowly joining the ranks. Today i left a tiffin box and a book there. :D Reminds me of all the times when I've left things lying around in teh library... hhehe
Anyways. I just had to write this.
See ya.
Su.
One teacher is painfully irritating. One is fun, knows her subject and her students. One is not "fun" but she sure knows how to teach. And that's important for something like SOM. Our B.Mat lectures haven't even started yet. And we have 12 hrs a week absolutely free because the practicals are non-existant. Don't get me wrong. I totally appreciate free time. But not when i can't do anything with it!!! What am i sposed to from 9 to 12 in the morning? Crossword isn't even open for most of it.
Oh and Children of Hurin - is TOTALLLLLYYY awesome. All these fantasy stories have one usual thing - the protagonist is a GOOD guy. That's why he's called a protagonist anyways. But in Children of Hurin - the fellow is human. He has his faults. You know i hate unpleasantness. I figure its a fantasy - might as well have it nice through and through :P I mean drama and angst are good. But when people do stupid things, or they're going through a rough patch - I just don't like it. But in this book I don't mind at all.
I can't believe i wrote more about a HALF a book (no i haven't finished it yet) than about how boring my college can be.
This year i am positively getting one gift for my birthday. YAY YAY YAY. I love presents. hee. (no no. i am not suggesting that you'll go out and buy me presents. now WHY would i do something like that?? =P )
Deepti said that if i didn't show large "L"s on her forehead she might just give it to me. (I think all I'd have to do is make another nice cake and hand it to her.. )
And she says its BIG.
*eyes go round*
*wants present very badly*
*wants to know what present is*
*wants birthday tomorrow*
Today we sat below my house (yeah where else would we sit???) for 3 1/2 hours straight (surprisingly, none of the mom's called up till 9.30 pm. My dad suggested there was no point coming home at all. I might as well sleep there since i am forever camped there) It was like a movie.. except we didn'e get any popcorn *pout*
But i liked this movie. I may not get to see such a movie for the next 6 months.
Here's how the typical movie goes:
Neil reaches matunga first. Camps out at my bldg "katta". Calls me down.
Karishma reaches soon after (she wasn't there today).
Darshini and Deepti arrive depending on who wants to win the Punctuality Award on given day.
We sit there till one of our moms call up and demand that we return.
We don't need to go someplace "fun". We tried deciding on "places" to go a few times. Its no use. That katta is like a siren calling out to us. (Except we aren't sailors to be lured in.. but i thought it was a good analogy) We almost never get hungry or thirsty while we're sitting there.
Predictably, my building people probably wanna throw me out now. If the ground floor people were listening - they would've been horrified. Then again i am sure Neil used certain expletives which they didn't even understand :P
My knees are aching from being hit so much by a guy who has absolutely NO Adipose tissue. (This was something between catching up on the past month and birthday bumps in advance)
Turns out - i might have to start off GRE class sometime in the not-so-distant future. *headdesk*
You know the BEE corridor? (We call it that cause the BEE lab was there) Exam time its a cool place to be. You can totally spread out your legs, take out your shoes and socks and study in peace. In the MDH you can sleep ON the desks. MLR 12 is pretty comfy too. The parapet outside the Comps dept is up there with the best of them. I see my building katta slowly joining the ranks. Today i left a tiffin box and a book there. :D Reminds me of all the times when I've left things lying around in teh library... hhehe
Anyways. I just had to write this.
See ya.
Su.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
The Case of The Dissatisfied Readers. Hmph.
If I haven't said it enough times, I will say it again. You are MEAN. Yes, all of you. You're like those teachers in school who didn't get a kick out of reading your latest literary efforts and then asked you to re-write. [Unfortunately, that never really happened around me. I like to think it was cause my school-mates came up with first rate material. Or maybe the teachers weren't bothered. Then again I just don't remember that people DID get re-writes. But I totally remember S.G.Patil asking me to do the involute again. Crappy feeling. I don't think i ever did a perfect involute anyways]
Moving on.
1. I truly AM a lazy ass. I keep getting ticked off for it at home. The only time i seem like the ignoramus i am is at home :D
2. I will readily absorb information if someone else is talking about it. [this just proves i am a lazy fat ass. I mean if someone else assimilates the knowledge, i am happy to partake of it. Otherwise i can't be bothered] In that way i am ever grateful for Wikipedia. Cause it is generally unbiased and info seeps out of every pore.
3. I feel happy when i find unsuspected links. Its like everything falls into place or something.
4. I suffer from mood swings to a great extent. If I'm happy - you'll generally know about it. I can't stop talking about the happiness-causing thing. If I'm sad - you won't generally know about it. Not Kushal and not Deepti. Not even my mom if i didn't want her to. [But i generally want her to. So i mooch around till she asks me why i am not jabbering non-stop] But if I am kinda depressed about something - I usually go incommunicado. Recline on the sofa [i use the word recline for the want of another term for the kind of posture i settle in] and stare at the tv. Or go off to crossword and read something by myself. Phone calls are restricted to telling my mom about my whereabouts.
5. I get bored pretty fast. Unless its a damned neat topic on wikipedia.. in which case the time is never enough. World War II bein one of them. I am fascinated by the topic. I don't know why. [btw - please go read about the Partisans. Cause i didn't even know there was such a group till a couple of months back] And when I'm too bored for words i call my mommy.
6. I am messy and disorganised. I like keeping things clean though. Except my desk and cupboard. They're a mess. About half of my shelf is filled with books of the non-curricular variety. I mean it's not like i'm actually going to read anything study-related anyways.. so whats the point? =P The other half of the shelf is filled with odds and ends. There's likely to be sling purses, pens, keys, hair clips... everyhting. I have a LOT of junk jewellery. But i don't know what i have cause i don't know where most of it is!!
7. I am actually a very rude and over-bearing person. No one outside of teh house might know - but its true. One cannot be rude outside the house!! [well not TOO rude anways] But out here i'm a regular grizzly bear. But I do't usually sulk.
8. I like every part of the day. All 24 hours of it. But i have to sleep sometime!! I like the peace in the night. Everyone is there - but no one is. Mornings and evenings are family time. The day - there are so many people. But i like that i am still by myself.
9. I have a problem asking for things. I'd rather not. I remember someone mentioning to me last year about how i have this "self-sufficient" fixation. True. I don't like asking for things, money, help. Unless its real close friends.. then i order my way around =P
10. I have a bit of an obedience problem. I can lie quite well when it comes to that. I'm working on being a good-girl for now.
I'm also working on reading the news paper more than twice a week and on finishing my mom's birthday gift this year at least. I have a feeling none of this is going to happen. Sigh. [Anyone willing to help may apply for the following posts: i. mommy-in-college; ii. assisstant embroiderer; iii. chief news-paper-read-outer. Anyone? anyone at all?? Why do i hear an echoing passageway???]
11. I will generally happily do anything you ask me to. And i'll even feel bad if i refuse. [except drink, smoke or dope. don't even bother going there]
12. I also take a lot of things people say at face value. I assume everyone has a normal mind and does not need to twist and turn facts to the extent of convolution. I don't see why anyone would want to do that. [I learn later, of course, that i have been a gullible fool. Sadly, there is no remedy for that but to become a cynic. And though the sarcasm is fun, its a very cold cold thing to be]
There. It is done. Here's another secret. I actually wasn't happy with the previous post and was planning to re-write it anywyas. But i'm still gonna pretend i did it kicking and screaming all the way.
- Sneakily Yours [since i'm sposed to be in bed]
Sukanya.
Moving on.
1. I truly AM a lazy ass. I keep getting ticked off for it at home. The only time i seem like the ignoramus i am is at home :D
2. I will readily absorb information if someone else is talking about it. [this just proves i am a lazy fat ass. I mean if someone else assimilates the knowledge, i am happy to partake of it. Otherwise i can't be bothered] In that way i am ever grateful for Wikipedia. Cause it is generally unbiased and info seeps out of every pore.
3. I feel happy when i find unsuspected links. Its like everything falls into place or something.
4. I suffer from mood swings to a great extent. If I'm happy - you'll generally know about it. I can't stop talking about the happiness-causing thing. If I'm sad - you won't generally know about it. Not Kushal and not Deepti. Not even my mom if i didn't want her to. [But i generally want her to. So i mooch around till she asks me why i am not jabbering non-stop] But if I am kinda depressed about something - I usually go incommunicado. Recline on the sofa [i use the word recline for the want of another term for the kind of posture i settle in] and stare at the tv. Or go off to crossword and read something by myself. Phone calls are restricted to telling my mom about my whereabouts.
5. I get bored pretty fast. Unless its a damned neat topic on wikipedia.. in which case the time is never enough. World War II bein one of them. I am fascinated by the topic. I don't know why. [btw - please go read about the Partisans. Cause i didn't even know there was such a group till a couple of months back] And when I'm too bored for words i call my mommy.
6. I am messy and disorganised. I like keeping things clean though. Except my desk and cupboard. They're a mess. About half of my shelf is filled with books of the non-curricular variety. I mean it's not like i'm actually going to read anything study-related anyways.. so whats the point? =P The other half of the shelf is filled with odds and ends. There's likely to be sling purses, pens, keys, hair clips... everyhting. I have a LOT of junk jewellery. But i don't know what i have cause i don't know where most of it is!!
7. I am actually a very rude and over-bearing person. No one outside of teh house might know - but its true. One cannot be rude outside the house!! [well not TOO rude anways] But out here i'm a regular grizzly bear. But I do't usually sulk.
8. I like every part of the day. All 24 hours of it. But i have to sleep sometime!! I like the peace in the night. Everyone is there - but no one is. Mornings and evenings are family time. The day - there are so many people. But i like that i am still by myself.
9. I have a problem asking for things. I'd rather not. I remember someone mentioning to me last year about how i have this "self-sufficient" fixation. True. I don't like asking for things, money, help. Unless its real close friends.. then i order my way around =P
10. I have a bit of an obedience problem. I can lie quite well when it comes to that. I'm working on being a good-girl for now.
I'm also working on reading the news paper more than twice a week and on finishing my mom's birthday gift this year at least. I have a feeling none of this is going to happen. Sigh. [Anyone willing to help may apply for the following posts: i. mommy-in-college; ii. assisstant embroiderer; iii. chief news-paper-read-outer. Anyone? anyone at all?? Why do i hear an echoing passageway???]
11. I will generally happily do anything you ask me to. And i'll even feel bad if i refuse. [except drink, smoke or dope. don't even bother going there]
12. I also take a lot of things people say at face value. I assume everyone has a normal mind and does not need to twist and turn facts to the extent of convolution. I don't see why anyone would want to do that. [I learn later, of course, that i have been a gullible fool. Sadly, there is no remedy for that but to become a cynic. And though the sarcasm is fun, its a very cold cold thing to be]
There. It is done. Here's another secret. I actually wasn't happy with the previous post and was planning to re-write it anywyas. But i'm still gonna pretend i did it kicking and screaming all the way.
- Sneakily Yours [since i'm sposed to be in bed]
Sukanya.
Thursday, July 05, 2007
8 secrets
There isn't much i'm hiding, you know. All you have to do is ask the right questions, and i will answer. But since i *have* to tell you'll 8 "secrets" - i shall. But i guess its gonna turn out to be more like "8 things you might not have known about me"
1. So. Lets begin at the beginning. I remember NOTHING of my childhood. Except these few snatches here and there. No big loss - it wasn't too spectacular anyways.
But I do remember that as a kid (not a baby - a kid) I avoided sleeping in the day. God forbid but if i fell asleep, I would howl when i woke up. Once only dad was at home. I slept in my room, woke up in their room. And when i woke up, I has howling like a werewolf. Oh and i won practically every Healthy baby competition my parents put me for. No surprises there... =P
2. I don't play a single sport. Yeah yeah .. i know its not a good thing.. but w/e.
As a kid i have never "gone down to play". In fact, in Everard Nagar (where i stayed from std. 3 to std. 11) i didn't know ANYONE (and believe me when i say there were a lot of kids there) I had "aquaintances" - a few people from my tuitions.. but thats about it..
3. I have actually gone around reading while walking.. Everard was a large place. It took 10 mins to walk home from the bus stop. I almost always had a book in hand. I actually LIKED doing shit like Scholarship and Home Bhabha and all that.. All in all - queer.
4. My passions are generally short-lived. Favourite bands, songs etc etc.. Even faviurite activities. Like i was embroidering for 3 days. Then i suddenly put it away... Everything is in spurts. Some things stay forever. Favourite books for example. I have read San Andreas about 35 times (this is an understatement. Otherwise you'll would know how sad my life is =P )
5. I like keeping things to myself. I don't like ANYONE knowing some things.. This of course has been something i've developed after many mnay years of hard work *whew* Once upon a time i was a BIG blabbermouth. *sees sceptics raising eyebrows* Hey thats true! It IS possible to be a bigger babbler than i am now!!
6. I don't read the newspaper. At All. A coupla years back, i would read the comics in every paper. But now i am one big fat ignoramus. Prime reason being - in the morning - who has time? If there is time in the evening, i'll end up watching tv or reading some book i've laid my hands on.
7. I'm indecisive in the extreme. But i hate dilly-dallying in other people. I know thats mean and all that.. but very very true. I like doing fun things according to plan =P In my house, we've almost always booked movie tickets in advance. Holiday itinerary is generally pre-planned. But i kinda like it that way... When i'm in a fun mood, i hate wasting time. hehe.
8. I'm a free soul. I like it that way. I like the fact that i'll go if i don't wanna be someplace. I like how i don't have to make a million calls to step outside the house in the day time. I like that my parents trust me that much. I like how the city is a free place. I like the freedom the college quadrangle offers. Its friendly, yet distant when you want it to be. In general, most of the time, i like my life.
YAY. I did it!!!!
The Tags:
1. Deepti
2. Kushal
3. Salomi
4. Vineha
5. Raghav
6. Hardik
7. Ameya
8. Gaya
Messrs 4,7 and 8 haven't written in a while ans mesdemoiselles 2 and 3 have never written at all.. but its worth a while..
1. So. Lets begin at the beginning. I remember NOTHING of my childhood. Except these few snatches here and there. No big loss - it wasn't too spectacular anyways.
But I do remember that as a kid (not a baby - a kid) I avoided sleeping in the day. God forbid but if i fell asleep, I would howl when i woke up. Once only dad was at home. I slept in my room, woke up in their room. And when i woke up, I has howling like a werewolf. Oh and i won practically every Healthy baby competition my parents put me for. No surprises there... =P
2. I don't play a single sport. Yeah yeah .. i know its not a good thing.. but w/e.
As a kid i have never "gone down to play". In fact, in Everard Nagar (where i stayed from std. 3 to std. 11) i didn't know ANYONE (and believe me when i say there were a lot of kids there) I had "aquaintances" - a few people from my tuitions.. but thats about it..
3. I have actually gone around reading while walking.. Everard was a large place. It took 10 mins to walk home from the bus stop. I almost always had a book in hand. I actually LIKED doing shit like Scholarship and Home Bhabha and all that.. All in all - queer.
4. My passions are generally short-lived. Favourite bands, songs etc etc.. Even faviurite activities. Like i was embroidering for 3 days. Then i suddenly put it away... Everything is in spurts. Some things stay forever. Favourite books for example. I have read San Andreas about 35 times (this is an understatement. Otherwise you'll would know how sad my life is =P )
5. I like keeping things to myself. I don't like ANYONE knowing some things.. This of course has been something i've developed after many mnay years of hard work *whew* Once upon a time i was a BIG blabbermouth. *sees sceptics raising eyebrows* Hey thats true! It IS possible to be a bigger babbler than i am now!!
6. I don't read the newspaper. At All. A coupla years back, i would read the comics in every paper. But now i am one big fat ignoramus. Prime reason being - in the morning - who has time? If there is time in the evening, i'll end up watching tv or reading some book i've laid my hands on.
7. I'm indecisive in the extreme. But i hate dilly-dallying in other people. I know thats mean and all that.. but very very true. I like doing fun things according to plan =P In my house, we've almost always booked movie tickets in advance. Holiday itinerary is generally pre-planned. But i kinda like it that way... When i'm in a fun mood, i hate wasting time. hehe.
8. I'm a free soul. I like it that way. I like the fact that i'll go if i don't wanna be someplace. I like how i don't have to make a million calls to step outside the house in the day time. I like that my parents trust me that much. I like how the city is a free place. I like the freedom the college quadrangle offers. Its friendly, yet distant when you want it to be. In general, most of the time, i like my life.
YAY. I did it!!!!
The Tags:
1. Deepti
2. Kushal
3. Salomi
4. Vineha
5. Raghav
6. Hardik
7. Ameya
8. Gaya
Messrs 4,7 and 8 haven't written in a while ans mesdemoiselles 2 and 3 have never written at all.. but its worth a while..
Sunday, July 01, 2007
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