Friday, October 16, 2009

New Place. New Job. New People

Its been over three months now. I'm kindof becoming used to Mumbai. As with everything, Mumbai has its own goods and bads. But somehow I like the place and the main reason is the simplicity and the straightforwardness of everything associated with the city. There is absolutely no show-off, no pretense and no indirectness in anything. People communicate very openly. You like it or not, everyone is very blunt and they say what they mean. I feel that people out here are not waiting to deceive you, infact they like to help you and support you.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Satisfied.Content.Happy

This is the most satisfying phase of my life going on... No worries.. no hassles.. everything is going on so smoothly that I sometimes fear something's gonna be wrong soon.. I'm in my final semester with a decent job which will start in August so I have a lot of time before that and all this time is free because I have nothing to do (as such) except my MTP which is also moving at a right pace, thanks to my group-members. Apart from that, I am spending my time (and GATE Schol) in all that I always wanted to do.
For the last 8-9 months, I'm learning different forms of dance. I've experienced Salsa, Jive, Merengue and now I'm full on into Jazz. It's been such a great experience and sometimes I think this is what I want to do throughout my life.. but then comes family pressure, money factors etc and so I'm yet to decide whether to think of it as a career option or not. But whatever be the case I know that I'm going to continue dance in some form.......

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

'Namaskaar'

As this is my last semester @ IITD, a lot of thoughts keep crossing my mind about all that happened in these 5 years... and numerous unwanted details related to them. A dominant part (and I'm really proud of this) of my stay here is 'goof ups'.. the blunders (some are really big ones) but the best part is that I managed to come out of all of them quite neatly.
This one's my favourite... I was in 2nd year, majors approaching next week. As always happened before majors, I used to spend a lot of time thinking what wud happen if I screw up majors bcoz already I have done wonders in minors. I generally opened my consolidated grade sheet. And I was shocked !! There was this course 'Introduction to Logic' added in the presnt semester course list. I had no clue about it which means I get an 'F' grade. I really FREAKED OUT !!!
I went to my course advisor and requested him for help. He smiled at me saying it was my fault..
Ofcourse it was!
Then I went to a person called Monga (read God). He heads UG Section and I thought he might listen to me and do something. When he saw me, he folded his hands and said 'Namaskar' !! This was a bit too much ... Then he said 'Aapko kya hua ji, aap to badi kalakaar hain'... As it turned out, he had seen me acting in some play and being a drams person, he remembered me.
I was not in a jolly mood and told him the whole case. He made a cold face and said, "Bhai main kya kar sakta hoon, ab to F hi lagega..."
Tears came 2 my eyes... I started explaining that it was a mistake and I don't know how it happened blah blah and suddenly he said, "Yahan bhi acting !!" and started laughing loudly.. I actually didn't understand what was going on... The next moment, i had a big (really BIG) smile on my face when he said, "Yahan course ka number aur apna entry no. likh do, main kar doonga.."
I didn't know what 2 say !!!! I just said "THANK YOU SIR !!!!" and he replied "NAMASKAAR"