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There she goes- Sixpence none the richer
Random blogging, finally stopped at: A walk in the clouds
'Where two dot ellipses are the norm'
daylight still..
surviving a headache
tired of facebook, gtalk.. seek no more
want to put an end to thoughts..
i retire

Stadtfest Kassel !

Kassel, a small city guarded by hills is where i dwell. Its no big city like Frankfurt or Hamburg but still has something about itself. Its calm , submissive, homely aura is what I love the most. But last weekend my very own Kassel stood transformed! The annual cult festival, popularly known as Stadtfest Kassel was celebrated last week and Kassel didnt look like Kassel anymore! It had a magical glamour about itself and I was left awed!

Deciding to be a part of Stadtfest with an Indian look, I got all enthu to wear a kurta and a shawl. And there!!! I go out on the streets and all eyes on me!!! I was awed again !! For a moment I thought i dressed up like a clown seeing the hard stares! With some courage I decided to go ahead till the city centre where I was supposed to meet my 'Kgp Losers' :P LOL (Pradeep and Mayank are my Kgp Losers.. They've been friends ever since I landed in this unknown land and we've been together for the most part and I've had a terrible time with them and they love irritating me and pulling my leg.. hence, Losers! Not literary ofcourse! They are IIT products! Still I dont care :P) Finally, they confirmed that there was nothing wrong with my appearance, only that I looked very Indian! Well, now thats a fact to be proud of so I stopped worrying.

The fest covered a large area and was hosted in 4 different places. There
were mainly German, English, Arabic, Red Indians bands. We had a
great time strolling in the streets, stopping to listen to instrumental pieces or songs, some familiar and some in wholly different languages.

At times tired of walking, we would sit down in front of the huge Rathaus (meeting hall) and observe the changing mood of the city! It was lovely.

Also, along the streets, there were stalls of everything you would want to shop! We looked around.. I wanted to buy earrings for my roommates but then I felt awkward in a guys company. LOL But it sooo turned out that these guys seemed more interested in picking earrings for my roommates! I was awed again! But this time it was a very mischievous awe! lol I had fun pulling their leg for a change! And not to forget.. beer shops and food stalls of all types filled the streets. We tried some of the most unknown stuff there having no clue of how they would taste!

A long evening filled with fun, awe and mischief ended my day. And the next morning, while travelling in the tram on my to ISET, I saw the empty streets and felt the old shyness of Kassel. And I finally realized that I was back from a magical world!

To live with an anomaly

Guess what time it is???
7:45 pm !

Now living with the reality that sun sets at 9:30 pm is such a misery! Believe me, I feel it steals away the darkness of the night or the beauty of the evening twilight from you. Whenever you wish to quiet down and be left alone, you see the sun happily smiling at you and you feel so discovered. And it is a very disturbing feeling!

And how can I not mention.. I go to cook in the kitchen at 8 pm and see the kitchen flooded with light and greeting me. First day, I assumed I was cooking lunch!!! But as time passes and you come back late after a loaded day and hope to have a quiet supper, you dont quite get what you want!

May be this is the only thing Im left to adjust to in this new country!

HIiii !!!

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 :(

FOOD FOR THE MIND!

• One of the nicest things about telling the truth is that you don't have to remember what you said.




• If you have happiness you have everything, and if you don't have happiness, you have nothing.




• When you think of yesterday without regret and tomorrow without fear, you are near contentment.




• A bitter tongue makes life bitter; a sweet tongue makes life better.




• Be nice to people on the way up, because you will meet them on your way down.




• The happiness you give makes you happier than the happiness you receive.




• Instead of being afraid in a delicate situation, learn a lesson from it and make yourself strong.




• Talking comes by nature, silence by wisdom.