It has been a long long time since my last post. I dont even completely remember what all has happened during all these days, though I'll try my best and exercise my brain and try and write it all. Please remember, I've just given my first exam in MINOR II half an hour back, and I am very drowsy , so kindly forgive me for my blunt grammar and typing which you guys will inevitably notice!
I have been doing a lot of thinking over the past few months. I had sort of made a list in my mind, a list of all those things which matter in my life. Then I realised that my list absolutely sucked. Then I made a new list, and I am happy with its contents now. And I realised ( with a little help from Mr. Narayan Murthy ) that it is high time that we all should do something to make a difference. I expressed this thought to quite a few friends of mine, and, barring a few, everyone agreed! The consequence : We, an ordinary group of college going teenagers, have started teaching little kids in slum areas. And this is probably the most satisfying thing I have done in my life, and I am sure my fellow 'teachers' agree. Why am I writing all this? Because my friends and I need your help, your support. If anybody who reads this post wishes to join us, please do so. I'm sure we all can take out couple of hours every week, right? The satisfaction one gets by teaching those little kids is undescribable!!!
I have been unbelievably happy during the past few days... There are two reasons: The first one is mentioned above. I can't write the second one, but lets just say that I can see the ' thing no.1' of my list of '25 things I wish to do' about to come true. Life is bliss... And I hope it remains this way for quite a while
:-)
Nothing much else has happened. My sister is giving her board exams, so home has a 'study' atmosphere right now. I watched Honeymoon Travels and Nishabd back to back, and both of them were quite good, especially Nishabd. IIT is going great, fun is increasing exponentially, and we are all planning what to do after Minor II. I also thing that India will still win the world cup, and I hate all those people who started criticising the team after their loss to Bangladesh, after all, everyone has a bad day..Dont you ever?
I thing I've written enough crap, and now I must begin to cram why welding and metal forming have made my life so heavenly ( start studying for ManPro )... So i'll take your leave. And you better comment ;-)
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Two Things I Did This Weekend
The following post is divided into two parts. Both the parts are equally important. Better read both of them. By the way, they're about the rocking time I had at the NSIT fest!
PART 1: The Jump
It was a usual friday. Stupid workshop. Lots of work. Life sucked. Then we decided to go to the NSIT fest. Primarily, for bungee jumping. So five of us fitted ourselves in an auto ( it was quite comfortable indeed ). We approached NSIT. Something was visible from distance. A huge crane ( or platform, whatever). We were supposed to jump from that height. Shit!!! I mean, everyone's seen bungee jumping, but it really hits you when you realise you have to jump from that height. Now, only three of us wanted to go ahead with it. So we went to the registration counter ( a guy sitting on a chair ), and to our disappointment, found out that only one more jump could take place that day, as it was getting really dark. So I was given the opportunity to jump. Now I know that all modern safety precautions are used and blah blah blah, but jumping from that height is quite freaky, and I got all ' what if I die ' thoughts storming thru my mind. So I quickly told my friends my will and my goodbye messages, and it seemed a scene straight out of KHNH ( xcept that I was going to bungee jump instead of having a heart failure ). Right, so I was all strapped (tightly) and padded up and taken up that crane ( or platform, I dont know and I dont care). The view was simply gorgeous, though I didn't have my specks on so everything was a blur (still quite beautiful). The instructor was a good guy, who thought I was really scared or something ( I wasn't, obviously), and tried to calm me by asking me all these questions about my college ( I really love it when people ask me about this ;-) ) and my place and what not. Right, so we've reached maximum height, the crane ( or the platform, come on u guys!) is now still, the wind is blowing, distant cheers of my fantastic four friends can be heard, and the moment arrives. I am asked to bend forward, more more more more... 3..2..1... whooooosh!!!!!!! I go head first right towards the ground. It was the best feeling in the world! After all, I was flying ....for 3 seconds!!!! And then I find myself oscillating in mid air, which was again, very thrilling indeed. Upside down at that height was undescribable. I am pulled down, my pads and straps are removed, and I rejoin my friends. They all welcome and cheer, make sure I'm fine, and Palka actually gets scared that I might've become a real 'bhoot'! We find nothing else to do there, so we all head back to IIT. My friends, in the end, got pretty bored, but for me, it was one super(man)ish experience.
PS: Everyone must must try out bungee jumping atleast once in their lives.
And now...
PART 2: The Concert
It was not a usual sunday, because my parents woke up to find me studying early morning ( which was extremely difficult, because I was up messagin till 3 am the previous night, yet extremely necessary, as I had a stupid 25 marks lab test the next day). Anyways, I was studying in a hurry, because we were all planning to attend the Kailash Kher concert at NSIT the same night. So after almost finishing my course, I joined my friends and we all again headed to NSIT again. As usual, the concert started very late. We waited and we waited and we waited. It was a very weird fest, there was nothing else to do, there weren't even any food stalls! Anyways, after 2 years ( or hours ), they finally let us in. And then began one of the most rocking concerts ever. Ok, I've attended about 3 or 4 rock shows, KK and Raghav's concerts, but none of them even compared to this. We simply loved it. Kailash Kher started with mangal mangal, and we danced to that also!!! Everybody was singing ( or shouting ) on top of their lungs, and Kailash Kher sang each and every of his superhits. Chak de phattey, teri deewani, dhol vajada, rang deeni, tauba tauba, allah ke bande... the list went on! Finally he concluded with another dose of Chak de phattey and teri deewani, with amazing fireworks going off in the sky, just like the later's video! We all were exhausted by the end of it all, and our throats had started to hurt really bad! We headed back to IIT in batches, as it was very difficult to find autos there. Somehow, we, for some time, all forgot that we had a lab test the next day, and instead of stupid formulas, had nice tunes going thru our heads!
The next morning, three of us woke up with numb right ears, but all of us with big smiles... God bless Kailash Kher!
PART 1: The Jump
It was a usual friday. Stupid workshop. Lots of work. Life sucked. Then we decided to go to the NSIT fest. Primarily, for bungee jumping. So five of us fitted ourselves in an auto ( it was quite comfortable indeed ). We approached NSIT. Something was visible from distance. A huge crane ( or platform, whatever). We were supposed to jump from that height. Shit!!! I mean, everyone's seen bungee jumping, but it really hits you when you realise you have to jump from that height. Now, only three of us wanted to go ahead with it. So we went to the registration counter ( a guy sitting on a chair ), and to our disappointment, found out that only one more jump could take place that day, as it was getting really dark. So I was given the opportunity to jump. Now I know that all modern safety precautions are used and blah blah blah, but jumping from that height is quite freaky, and I got all ' what if I die ' thoughts storming thru my mind. So I quickly told my friends my will and my goodbye messages, and it seemed a scene straight out of KHNH ( xcept that I was going to bungee jump instead of having a heart failure ). Right, so I was all strapped (tightly) and padded up and taken up that crane ( or platform, I dont know and I dont care). The view was simply gorgeous, though I didn't have my specks on so everything was a blur (still quite beautiful). The instructor was a good guy, who thought I was really scared or something ( I wasn't, obviously), and tried to calm me by asking me all these questions about my college ( I really love it when people ask me about this ;-) ) and my place and what not. Right, so we've reached maximum height, the crane ( or the platform, come on u guys!) is now still, the wind is blowing, distant cheers of my fantastic four friends can be heard, and the moment arrives. I am asked to bend forward, more more more more... 3..2..1... whooooosh!!!!!!! I go head first right towards the ground. It was the best feeling in the world! After all, I was flying ....for 3 seconds!!!! And then I find myself oscillating in mid air, which was again, very thrilling indeed. Upside down at that height was undescribable. I am pulled down, my pads and straps are removed, and I rejoin my friends. They all welcome and cheer, make sure I'm fine, and Palka actually gets scared that I might've become a real 'bhoot'! We find nothing else to do there, so we all head back to IIT. My friends, in the end, got pretty bored, but for me, it was one super(man)ish experience.
PS: Everyone must must try out bungee jumping atleast once in their lives.
And now...
PART 2: The Concert
It was not a usual sunday, because my parents woke up to find me studying early morning ( which was extremely difficult, because I was up messagin till 3 am the previous night, yet extremely necessary, as I had a stupid 25 marks lab test the next day). Anyways, I was studying in a hurry, because we were all planning to attend the Kailash Kher concert at NSIT the same night. So after almost finishing my course, I joined my friends and we all again headed to NSIT again. As usual, the concert started very late. We waited and we waited and we waited. It was a very weird fest, there was nothing else to do, there weren't even any food stalls! Anyways, after 2 years ( or hours ), they finally let us in. And then began one of the most rocking concerts ever. Ok, I've attended about 3 or 4 rock shows, KK and Raghav's concerts, but none of them even compared to this. We simply loved it. Kailash Kher started with mangal mangal, and we danced to that also!!! Everybody was singing ( or shouting ) on top of their lungs, and Kailash Kher sang each and every of his superhits. Chak de phattey, teri deewani, dhol vajada, rang deeni, tauba tauba, allah ke bande... the list went on! Finally he concluded with another dose of Chak de phattey and teri deewani, with amazing fireworks going off in the sky, just like the later's video! We all were exhausted by the end of it all, and our throats had started to hurt really bad! We headed back to IIT in batches, as it was very difficult to find autos there. Somehow, we, for some time, all forgot that we had a lab test the next day, and instead of stupid formulas, had nice tunes going thru our heads!
The next morning, three of us woke up with numb right ears, but all of us with big smiles... God bless Kailash Kher!
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