I'm back again after a long long long break! It has been almost a year I suppose. And a year's span has seen a lot of events... some very good and some not so good. Third year has been the most hectic year so far leaving no time to sit back and relax! Oh god! I feel weird writing after so long! Im just not getting the flow.. but Ill try :)
Yaa so after a year full of events filled with fun, adventure, uncertainty, responsibility, disappointment etc etc I reached a point where the semester ended before my eyes and I was left crying! Ooppss I shouldnt have made this confession here.. but since it has come out I dont wish to erase. Crying because my dearest seniors were leaving. Through the 3 years I got very close to a few of them and shall truly miss not having them around! One very special group Ill miss is my Writers' Circle.. I loved all my seniors though they had all the fun pulling my leg, imitating me, making nicks, teasing me with possibly anyone under the sun (including Dr Loren Acton) LOL.. but how can I disagree I had my fun throughout being the centre of attention :P
Ohh I just hope that any of them is not reading it!
Okk.. after all the emotional stress, I end up here in Germany! Its been a week now that I have been here.. and I truly love it! My research guide says, "A small small girl in a big big world" Lol i guess Im the youngest at my workplace. And all I can say is that its beautiful here!
I think Germany deserves lots and lots of posts!
Now that i have time and content.. I vow to post more often :)
Guten Tag
Poornima
lol.. Im called Poor here :(
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13 July, 2008
Sudoku Blues
It has always been a routine affair. Everyday morning, after breakfast, i would sit down with the Times Of India and solve the everyday Sudoku before reading the paper. Honestly speaking, I’m not really good at Sudoku but yes I am addicted to it. Hence I never fail to devote 10 long minutes breaking my head on the medium level Sudoku puzzle published in the City Times.
But yesterday, my ever notorious sister smacked my custom. Anyway, I knew such a blow was coming soon. Everyday, she would wake up late and open the paper to see the Sudoku already solved. And the expression on her face! Oh, I guess that made me feel more jubilant than solving the puzzle without mistakes. However triumphant I was, her looks insinuated that a crafty plan was fabricating under her skin. And poor me, I was left anticipating the day of revenge.
I knew it wasn’t far but i also didn’t know that it would be YESTERDAY. I miscalculated. Anyway, it was my usual morning but she woke up with me astonishingly. And at the breakfast table, she nearly gobbled her food. I was wondering what’s wrong. Stupid I, so much of a clue failed to alert me. And my unscrupulous sister, judging the right moment hopped out, washed and grabbed my precious precious paper. Seeing this, I too jumped out and without even washing my hands tried to snatch away the paper from her. Well, my sister is a very violent one. Sweet words and compromise is not in her dictionary. Hence, abandoning any alternative of a peaceful solution, I decided to fight. Well, it was a very aggressive fight. In the end, the paper was in two halves and smashed like a toilet roll, I couldn’t move my left hand and my sister was crying. My mother, still sitting at the table, totally bowled over, was too overtaken for words. But, the most disheartening thing was that my sister got the precious half. I lost. I decided not to speak to the little devil.
I sat right there like a snob while my sister sat down with the paper and a pen. And in less than 5 minutes, she left. Finally, summarizing that my sister probably gave up on the puzzle, I decided to take it. And there, the puzzle was neatly solved! Now I was shocked. That little devil that could only think evil and do evil, could solve a medium level puzzle in such less time! 8 minutes is the average time for a medium puzzle recorded my Web Sudoku. And I have always struggled to reach that mark. Overtaken by admiration, I patched up with her. Well, I’ll never forget the expression on her face. It was a mixture of awe, pain and thrill.
Today, it was different. We both sat down together with the Sudoku. My mom was surprised. Little devil has changed. The everyday custom has changed. But most of all I have changed. And I like it better now.
But yesterday, my ever notorious sister smacked my custom. Anyway, I knew such a blow was coming soon. Everyday, she would wake up late and open the paper to see the Sudoku already solved. And the expression on her face! Oh, I guess that made me feel more jubilant than solving the puzzle without mistakes. However triumphant I was, her looks insinuated that a crafty plan was fabricating under her skin. And poor me, I was left anticipating the day of revenge.
I knew it wasn’t far but i also didn’t know that it would be YESTERDAY. I miscalculated. Anyway, it was my usual morning but she woke up with me astonishingly. And at the breakfast table, she nearly gobbled her food. I was wondering what’s wrong. Stupid I, so much of a clue failed to alert me. And my unscrupulous sister, judging the right moment hopped out, washed and grabbed my precious precious paper. Seeing this, I too jumped out and without even washing my hands tried to snatch away the paper from her. Well, my sister is a very violent one. Sweet words and compromise is not in her dictionary. Hence, abandoning any alternative of a peaceful solution, I decided to fight. Well, it was a very aggressive fight. In the end, the paper was in two halves and smashed like a toilet roll, I couldn’t move my left hand and my sister was crying. My mother, still sitting at the table, totally bowled over, was too overtaken for words. But, the most disheartening thing was that my sister got the precious half. I lost. I decided not to speak to the little devil.
I sat right there like a snob while my sister sat down with the paper and a pen. And in less than 5 minutes, she left. Finally, summarizing that my sister probably gave up on the puzzle, I decided to take it. And there, the puzzle was neatly solved! Now I was shocked. That little devil that could only think evil and do evil, could solve a medium level puzzle in such less time! 8 minutes is the average time for a medium puzzle recorded my Web Sudoku. And I have always struggled to reach that mark. Overtaken by admiration, I patched up with her. Well, I’ll never forget the expression on her face. It was a mixture of awe, pain and thrill.
Today, it was different. We both sat down together with the Sudoku. My mom was surprised. Little devil has changed. The everyday custom has changed. But most of all I have changed. And I like it better now.
17 June, 2008
Cant think of a heading
Well... i really really cant think of a heading!!
So if you are expecting a quality post or anything close to it...i suggest, close this window. Because this post is going to be messy. Im just typing whatever's on my mind and thats a relieving act for me and a very dangerous one for the reader.
Well having cautioned you... even if you have started reading this entry then im sure after reading the pointlessness of the first para, you could have made a decision to go ahead reading or not.
Okay! so back to my pointless point, my mind is swarming with stuff to pen on and its all a big mess in my head, hence this post :D Im just not able to arrange all my thoughts to make perfect sense, so i decided to give up thinking and start typing... and that really feels a hell lot easier !
I went for a long evening walk today, after ages with a close friend whom i've met after ages and i feel ecstatic! Maybe its because we could get to talk after so long, about old friends, school, teachers, writing, college... or maybe its because i finally got to go out of home today and explore our little Awali! Well, we have gone for long walks before also and each time we explore the same Awali, there's something new about it... the roads, the park are all the same but time always does its little magic!
This time I had in my mind to read th Fountainhead and was pretty disappointed when i didnt find that book in the library. Then i went in search of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari and that too was unavailable! i was majorly disappointed. And as usual i filled up a request form to get The Fountainhead as soon as possible. Nevertheless, the librarian told me that it will take atleast 2 months as it has to be booked oversees. I sighed! Went back to the shelves, and as i was browsing through the books, I found In Custody by Anita Desai. Well, i remember i had filled a form for In Custody last summer. And there it was... quite many had issued it. I felt elated! Brought it home and started reading and what a bore... I never feel tired of books but i dont know what happened with that particular book... i tried reading it 3 times but couldnt proceed. It was so slow! And i cant believe that i had placed an order for that book last year! But now im happy cause im happily settled with We, The Living by Ayn Rand. I've just started reading it and it is unputdownable! Hoping to write a review soon.
Talking of something really provoking...Orkut! You will laugh im sure. Recently, i ran into a few of my long lost friends' profiles. From there profiles i couldnt make out that they used to be my friends someday! I was thoroughly awed! I sometimes wonder what time does to us... A lapse of maybe 6 or 7years changes us so completely. Recently, when one of my long lost friends told me that she got commited 3 years ago...i could only stare! Her vivid memories flashed in my mind... she was just not the type! She used to be so nonchalant each time the mere topic of "Going out" used to come up. This got me thinking whether i have changed...whether my friends would say the same thing seeing my profile... But everyone feels that only he/she hasnt changed with time... maybe even i satisfy myself with the same explanation.
And my most recent adventure...COOKING... naaahh i think it deserves an entire post!!!
Maybe this entry was really messy and pointless but i console myself saying its fine to be pointless sometimes!
Maybe i should put a fullstop now!
signing off
Beautiful Mind
So if you are expecting a quality post or anything close to it...i suggest, close this window. Because this post is going to be messy. Im just typing whatever's on my mind and thats a relieving act for me and a very dangerous one for the reader.
Well having cautioned you... even if you have started reading this entry then im sure after reading the pointlessness of the first para, you could have made a decision to go ahead reading or not.
Okay! so back to my pointless point, my mind is swarming with stuff to pen on and its all a big mess in my head, hence this post :D Im just not able to arrange all my thoughts to make perfect sense, so i decided to give up thinking and start typing... and that really feels a hell lot easier !
I went for a long evening walk today, after ages with a close friend whom i've met after ages and i feel ecstatic! Maybe its because we could get to talk after so long, about old friends, school, teachers, writing, college... or maybe its because i finally got to go out of home today and explore our little Awali! Well, we have gone for long walks before also and each time we explore the same Awali, there's something new about it... the roads, the park are all the same but time always does its little magic!
This time I had in my mind to read th Fountainhead and was pretty disappointed when i didnt find that book in the library. Then i went in search of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari and that too was unavailable! i was majorly disappointed. And as usual i filled up a request form to get The Fountainhead as soon as possible. Nevertheless, the librarian told me that it will take atleast 2 months as it has to be booked oversees. I sighed! Went back to the shelves, and as i was browsing through the books, I found In Custody by Anita Desai. Well, i remember i had filled a form for In Custody last summer. And there it was... quite many had issued it. I felt elated! Brought it home and started reading and what a bore... I never feel tired of books but i dont know what happened with that particular book... i tried reading it 3 times but couldnt proceed. It was so slow! And i cant believe that i had placed an order for that book last year! But now im happy cause im happily settled with We, The Living by Ayn Rand. I've just started reading it and it is unputdownable! Hoping to write a review soon.
Talking of something really provoking...Orkut! You will laugh im sure. Recently, i ran into a few of my long lost friends' profiles. From there profiles i couldnt make out that they used to be my friends someday! I was thoroughly awed! I sometimes wonder what time does to us... A lapse of maybe 6 or 7years changes us so completely. Recently, when one of my long lost friends told me that she got commited 3 years ago...i could only stare! Her vivid memories flashed in my mind... she was just not the type! She used to be so nonchalant each time the mere topic of "Going out" used to come up. This got me thinking whether i have changed...whether my friends would say the same thing seeing my profile... But everyone feels that only he/she hasnt changed with time... maybe even i satisfy myself with the same explanation.
And my most recent adventure...COOKING... naaahh i think it deserves an entire post!!!
Maybe this entry was really messy and pointless but i console myself saying its fine to be pointless sometimes!
Maybe i should put a fullstop now!
signing off
Beautiful Mind
13 June, 2008
Lackadaisical Me !
music, crosswords, In Custody, Orkut, photographs, blogging, comments, photoshop, timeless sleep, food, meditation, sister, news, day-dream...
wanderer, whimsical, eccentric, jobless, irritation, silent, pensive, preoccupied, sober, reflective, matter-of-fact, prosaic, mundane, wistful...
but not always :)
wanderer, whimsical, eccentric, jobless, irritation, silent, pensive, preoccupied, sober, reflective, matter-of-fact, prosaic, mundane, wistful...
but not always :)
28 November, 2007
Is This Topic Crisis???
Im pretty jobless today... you may go further reading but do it at your own risk :p
OMG!!! Its been six whole days since i've come home after an eventful, roller coaster like semester where i hardly remember giving myself a moment's time to sit back and ponder over what i was actually upto and now before my gray cells could process, im already sitting at home, fiddling with my computer and listening to my evergreen Bryan Adam's songs.
And now i cannot pardon myself for not posting atleast one article in all these days that i am at home. Specially, when i've cribbed how many times i really dont remember, in the entire semester, as to not have the time to post a proper article in my blog. And now when i have all the time to kill, I hardly seem to remember my blog. GODDD!!!! im feeling badd already, hence this post. Believe me, today i have absolutely nothing in my mind to write on... just want to be happy seeing an article posted on my blog :D
Believe me!!! just before starting to write this post, i have stared blankly at the screen to think of some little something that i could pen on... but no my mind seems to refuse to cooperate. Anyway, i can't go on feeling bad right, and now that the harsh truth of me suffering from topic crisis is already known to you... i shall prevent all attempts to mask my pathetic state right now!!!
But dearest reader please dont get mad at me for wasting your time, i shall definitely make up for this one by coming up with something a hell lot better next time...
Till then adios...
Beautiful Mind
PS: Im sorry, this post was a desperate attempt to post something... so pls forgive and forget :)
OMG!!! Its been six whole days since i've come home after an eventful, roller coaster like semester where i hardly remember giving myself a moment's time to sit back and ponder over what i was actually upto and now before my gray cells could process, im already sitting at home, fiddling with my computer and listening to my evergreen Bryan Adam's songs.
And now i cannot pardon myself for not posting atleast one article in all these days that i am at home. Specially, when i've cribbed how many times i really dont remember, in the entire semester, as to not have the time to post a proper article in my blog. And now when i have all the time to kill, I hardly seem to remember my blog. GODDD!!!! im feeling badd already, hence this post. Believe me, today i have absolutely nothing in my mind to write on... just want to be happy seeing an article posted on my blog :D
Believe me!!! just before starting to write this post, i have stared blankly at the screen to think of some little something that i could pen on... but no my mind seems to refuse to cooperate. Anyway, i can't go on feeling bad right, and now that the harsh truth of me suffering from topic crisis is already known to you... i shall prevent all attempts to mask my pathetic state right now!!!
But dearest reader please dont get mad at me for wasting your time, i shall definitely make up for this one by coming up with something a hell lot better next time...
Till then adios...
Beautiful Mind
PS: Im sorry, this post was a desperate attempt to post something... so pls forgive and forget :)
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