Happy Ho Gaya Day!

First exam in the morning was design technology. I had a daffy duck to make. I managed it decently well. Well enough to get a B-, I think. Enough for me considering my skill set.

Next exam was for a module called self study. But since it is self study, I hardly ever study the presribed stuff. But to a question about Tata Motors and their market penetration, market development and integrative growth opportunities, I wrote like I own Tata Motors. "Feel aa gayi." :P

Next up, I had money in my account which was not mine. 50K to be reimbursed to people. And I needed cartons to pack my stuff. So I ran and caught the afternoon bus to the city to get the work done. Swetha gave me company. The two of us were all over the place, and ended up not getting time for lunch. Got free by about 4:15 p.m., and we had to catch the 5:00 p.m. bus back to campus. We realised we were very close to Mocha that time. We've been quite the losers this term 'coz we have really visited the city once in three weeks for a couple of hours on an average. Being sweaty and hassled, we looked like ragpickers with all the cartons in our hands. But we had 50K in a bag along with a big bottle of Old Munk for friends who'd instructed us to get it as well. Felt extremely funny.

I went to Mocha after several years and the happiest thing was that it was smoke-free indoors. Remember hating it in GK I. We talked non-stop about the funnest things on earth, had the best of shakes, and ate good stuff too. It's ok to splurge once in a while. But like I was joking that time, "life on the go" isn't fun if it becomes way too literal. We could not even savour our shakes 'coz we had only 40 minutes to spend in the place. But we made the most of it.

Tonight was the farewell for the senior batch. Since I merrily spent half of the last one month in a daze, I had too much work on me to be partying through the night. So I decided not to go. None of my friends were going either. The evening passed. And at about 8:30ish, Ritesh called three of us individually and said the corniest of things to convince us to take the last bus to the party venue. (Yes, our village always has buses to go to various places) We gave in, and then ran in different directions to dig up clothes and shoes and razors and make-up. 15 odd minutes, and we were out. And excited too. :D

The party was fun. I was happy high for a bit. Danced like crrrazy after really long. And I am very happy to have done that. I SO needed it.

I was not carrying my camera at the time of running in the city during the afternoon. So I do not have the awesome frames from Mocha to show you. But I do have a couple of pictures from the party. Enjoy. :D

He thought that the two were lucky to have got this photo-op. They obviously do not agree.

The naach - Robin and Ridhima

Some more of the naach - Swetha

Ritesh, the baap of all senti talk. But I think I am thankful to him for having forced me to go.

We've had the most inane conversations of late. Yesterday we were sitting at the edge of a pseudo balcony of the hostel, overlooking the hills in the distance, and talking of the best times of our past. We had management books open as well. :P

They're a cute couple. :) We were wondering why their clothes weren't colour coded today.

Jamshedpur wale Ranjan ji. :)

Sahil and Swetha

Ye bhi Jamshedpur se hain. Kausik Misra. Aur chhichhore dance mein humare partner hain. Had an obscene amount of fun with him today.

Priyam!! :D

The third one from Jamshedpur. Soumajit. He's been my badminton partner through many games that we managed to win. That is when I used to find time to play in the first half of the term. :|

The party closed. Robin and Priyam made the final pose.

I just realised I have the whole of Jharkhand in these pictures with me. Swetha's also from Bokaro. :)

Thursday Night Laughs

8:45 pm
En route to the mess. Aakash and Ritesh. Madness.

9:15 pm
In the mess. Aakash, Ridhima and Akshay. Madness.

9:55 pm
Sitting area outside the hostels. Aakash, Ridhima, Venky, Swetha, Vrinda, Ruhi, Debanjana. Complete madness.

10:30 pm
At the coffee shop. Sahil, Ridhima, Vrinda, Debanjana, Ruhi, Swetha, Robin. Died laughing. Madness didn't stop.

11:00 pm
Outside the girls' hostel. Namrata, Ridhima, Natasha. People yelling from first floor windows to ask us to shut up. Madness knew no limit.

11:30 pm
Ridhima's room. Natasha, Nidhi, Ridhima. Footprints bloopers. Nostalgia and madness.

12:15 am
Vrinda and Ruhi's room. Madness continued.

No giggles, no chuckles... LOL in full swing!

Back in my room at 1:15 am. Thursdays CAN be fun minus any trips to the city or elsewhere. Laughter is all I need. And if the laughter is in sync with someone else's... it's pure bliss.


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Edit:
Avan got a 98.6 percentile in CAT. It's after really long that I am this happy for another person. Overwhelmed, is actually the word. I've seen her go through the entire process, am glad I was with her through this journey, know exactly how she felt and is feeling right now, and am Just So Happy for her. I know it is so much more than the percentile score. It feels nicer because she thought she won't score this well. I hope she goes to MICA. I really really hope she does. And I almost know she would. :)

All That I Have Loved...

And all that I still love...

A list of all the loves that I have ever mentioned on this blog. Yea, in spite of 11 hours at work today, I am making this vella post. In fact, it is not just the 11 hours. It is an evening which goes down as one of my worst ever post which I am making this entry.

This is in reverse chronological order since the day this blog was started.
Dell
The song 'here without you' by 3 Doors Down
Macro economics
Biology
Marketing
Costa Coffee
Swetha
Ridhima
Sahil
Priyam
Robin
Gopika
Nidhi
Men with a scar on one of their eyebrows
Friends I don't mention to that I love them
Sumit
Loving 'Vague Thoughts'
Vague thoughts
Radio
Ranjan
Ruhi
Ritesh
Vrinda
Ma
Pa
Bhaiya
Leg room in Air India aircraft
Akshay Kumar
The way Nandita Das, Konkana Sen Sharma, Deepti Naval, Smita Patil look
Radio Mirchi for the character Sud that they created
John Stamos
A clean, white sheet of paper
My school
Delhi
NDTV and their anchors
NDMC
Myself
My freedom
Mansi
My 'I love bullets' posts
Chandigarh
The song 'khoya khoya chand' from the movie with the same title (the new one)
CAT maths prep books
The opportunity to give love
NDMC-maintained roads
Loud music
My gym
Abhishek Bachchan
More than one hairdos I've sported in the past
Photography
Flickr
The treadmill
Lynn
Avantika
RJ Nitin's voice
The way Nitin says 'god bless'
Nitin himself :P
My concentration level when I work under tight, pressure deadlines
Amit Paul, an Indian Idol finalist of the past
Wills Lifestyle
Dogs
Flowers
Green
Blogging
Neha
The aunty who used to have a canteen in the same building as WW for stocking Melody toffees
Being behind the camera
And being in front of the camera too
Ruhi Rai
Tarun
Parul
Yoda
Chhotu
Karan
Rohit
Sayan di
Every day spent with the above two
Ruchi
Varun
Poonam
'Puppets and Paupers' by Menwhopause
My nose piercing and the lowermost in both my ears
Silver
Rajiv Jha's micro economics classes
The musical gardens at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Lillies (at Rashtrapati Bhavan AND in general) :-)
Sarcasm-filled words
Prashant
OP Naiyyar's music
The commands that I used to give to my house's marching squad as captain in school during practice sessions for the sports day
Papaji
Meeting new people
Green Day, the band


I am surprised that I never wrote that I love my camera too. And that I love talking on the phone. My Nike perfume too. Travelling. Iced tea. Earl Gray tea too. Grey's Anatomy. Patrick Dempsey. Maggi. Meetha. Shopping for clothes and silver. And men who smell good. Oh, I know why I never mentioned that last one. ;-)

Did I forget anything else too?

Quite evidently, the list ranges from frivolous loves to 'to die for' loves. But that's me. To quote myself: I am obsessed with the things and people that I love, and that is how I love. :)

Mood Enhancement

Crazy mood, do not feel like studying. Feel mad but do not have anyone to share it with right now. So here is post number 250 about some new people I met this year.

Amrah - Loud and pretty rebel. Says she likes me, so I like her too. :)
I met her on the train to Pune for the first time, and did not really think then that I would hang out with her in college. But I do, and it is fun.

Ridhima - I met her at the time of interview and almost decided to share a room with her. But it was not at our discretion. Nonetheless, we are on the same floor and anyway live together. Neetu Singh is what many people call her, and super pretty she is! She gives me lotsa food on Thursday mornings too. :D

Swetha - Poor bijli, her hair always seem to be charged and people always take her case but she is toooo sweet, man! Patience is also another one of her virtues. And it is fun laughing with her. :-)

Priyam - Earlier introduced as Booty on the blog, she likes to believe that she and I are twins because we ARE quite similar, and yet quite different. She's got looong and pretty hair and she is the one who made everybody believe at the freshers' party that I was drunk. She even made me believe that I was drunk because the floor seemed to be moving. :P
The few chats that I have had on the terrace at night have also been with her.

Nidhi - She is the spoilt brat. Too nice to be labeled a brat though. She is kinda bent on giving me a drastic makeover, and she also believes that my boyfriend is too cute even though she has never seen him or talked to him.
She will give you a piece of her mind if you mess with her, and she is probably more Dilli than I am - but that only because she visits home a little too often.

Sahil - This boy is a little strange. He was almost like a best friend in this unknown land, but he becomes so aloof at times that I feel that I do not know him at all. He is a kid, and I don't like hearing anything bad about him. Although, nowadays I am also rude to him. Not nice.

Vrinda - She is this super duper mad woman whose room is like a magnet. I go there for five minutes and spend 2 hours at a stretch. Her roomie, Ruhi is equally crazy. I have a good time there. Oh oh, Vindy is just as crazy about green as I am. She even has a green phone!!! :D I feel happy looking at it only.

Ranjan - He is one of those who tried real hard to make me smile when I was super bummed on my birthday. That was too sweet. This guy's chilled about everything that bothers the rest, and it's a big WOW everytime he goes down to make a presentation. He calls me Dilli and that always brings that goofy grin to my face. :D

Akshay - He is too busy nowadays. Some project or the other takes up his time and then he feels all sad that he does not get time to spend with friends. He is also pretty fascinated by snakes. He knows them all. And looking at him you would say that he will be the first one to run away from a snake. :P

Venky - Hardly get to talk to him, but he is just too cute. A goofy smile is what goes with that french beard all the time, but sutta is what blinds the bloody face too. :-/

And there are some more too. Ritesh, Shahvan and Debby are always on their own trip. They have the sutta bond and that makes them another mad trio. But Shahvan asks me to do small favours in return for a chocolate, so me always happy happy. :)

Fun fun!!

Sahil and Vindy on the right :)

Swetha, Nidhi, Akshay and Ridhima

Ranjan, Debanjana and Priyam

Vrinda and Ruhi

This was a party in the corridor outside my room. :)

Amrah and Venky. Old photu - Venky now has the beard. :)

Akshay and Swetha