I don't like to dress up!

Yes. It is true. Unlike all the other girls who just look for opportunity to dress up their best and go out or something, I on the contrary finds it as a complete burden. I'm not saying that I am correct and  there's something wrong with others (may be its vice-versa :P ), I absolutely salute them for this skill, how gracefully they dress by matching make up, earrings, shoes etc. It suits to the occasion and gives a whole festive feel. I dont know why but if I have to dress up for either some party, festival or some occasion, I feel a huge pressure on my shoulders. I do have lots (believe me, lots of) clothes, shoes, make-up everything, but given a choice I would love to go in my shorts, pajamas or a simple plain jeans and a tee. This Diwali, when all the other girls were wearing sarees and etc. I was happily bursting crackers in my jeans in the hall :D 

And yeah, this Diwali was super fun with my hall mates and our illumination celebration!!! 

Down the memory lane...

So, after spending a week long vacation at my home in Delhi, I have returned to kgp on 8th. As always, the next one week is gonna be real dull and filled with homesickness and of course my efficiency for work will touch the bottom. Alas, I have no option. So, a day later we have our fortnight lab presentation. Thank heavens, I had already carried out an experiment for determining the boundary conditions of CO2 studies with my algae. I can present this data in the ppt. Friday evening from 5:45, it (ppt) started and went up to 9 pm. Ok, we have some latest movies put up in Netaji Auditorium every Friday and this Friday it was Bang Bang. I wanted to watch it but every time it happens so that all the good movies are showcased on the same Friday with my presentation. I sure missed it but I am planning to watch it on Sunday. [Sunday they have a student show at 9 am..yeah am :( but still I will go]

Its always good to download any movie from the internal LAN DC++ of our institute but watching a movie with your friends at Netaji is super fun. Not for the theater experience, since it is just a auditorium with not a hifi sound system..but the overall experience is always good every time I watch a movie there. I remember watching a crappy movie called "LUCK" once during my M.Tech..it was such a horrible movie but all the comments of fellow students made it an out-of-the-blue experience. So I simply go there for a good laugh. Anyways! I know I have absolutely deviated from my thought that I started this post with.

Down the memory lane..yes..its a Saturday afternoon, I am in my room with a hot cup of tea and outside its drizzling. The weather is pleasant and mood is relaxing. I have tons of work but I will not do any. Because this whole set up makes me memorize all the beautiful times that I had..meeting so many people with their distinct personalities. All of them have taught me something or other. I am thankful for all my enemies,friends and well wishers. But what I have realized is that everyone is selfish in one way or other (including myself). Obviously, you want good for you and your family so being a little selfish will not do any harm. It's good actually. But after I heard the news of Kailash Satyarthi getting the Noble Peace Prize 2014, it really knocked me down with a feather.

Some people have dreams and they pursue it. I am so glad to know that there still are people in this world who think of others before them. This is inspiring and motivating. I didn't know about him before he got the Nobel. Definitely this is not a good thing. He is someone who is not as young as the 17 yr old Malala, but he started the crusade against Child servitude from 1980. Giving up a lucrative career (He was an Electrical Engineer) for a cause like this is not an easy task. He must be driven with great enthusiasm. His perseverance, patience and persistence have got him the most prestigious Nobel Prize after three decades.   Congratulations!

Hypocrisy

This is height! You want to titillate men while shaking your booty and flaunting your breasts but when they really admire your assets and talk about it, you find it insulting. Either in your real life you never wear low cut dress or show your cleavage , else don't go all concerned and fighting for women spirit all over the media. If you talk about equality, that starts right there where you started. First being a calender girl, then shooting in two-piece in movies like cocktail and doing innumerable photo shoots for magazine covers, you please don't talk about feminism and then do all this publicity gimmicks right scheduled at the launch of your new movie Finding Fanny. Finding Fanny? (Oh God, yes!)

The Maintenance Secy

Why would you touch the two red knobs at the rear side of water cooler? As a logical person, while taking water, you would press the button to fill your bottle and one your are done, you would switch it off and go to your room. What I don't understand is why you have to touch those two red knobs and tell the world they have problem in them? Similarly, one guy reports his cycle bell is missing from the cycle stand and other suggests him (while aptly cursing the committee that they wont help in this regard) to put up wireless CCTV camera to catch the thieves.  Also, one guy wrote in order to rectify a water problem that existed some time back in our hall, that he has written an email to CM of the state Ms.Mamta banerjee since this is an "international" issue. The list have so many other interesting cases to tell but I would stop..

We are mature, we are educated and we are sane. Then, why does it take so much to talk sense. I have realized, some people always have complaints for you no matter how much and hard you try to help them. Being a Maintenance secretary of our hall for 2013-14, I think I have learnt a lot about people psyche's and totally understand how it is to be at a responsible and authoritative place. Let me tell you, it is not at all easy so now I relate myself whenever I see people mindlessly blaming the govt. or actors or administration. It is very, very easy to comfortably sit in your room and throw an email vomiting your problems but how to solve it is a real game. You will have no idea what it is to play in mud until your hands are dirty.  In this whole year, I am sure many would have talked ill about me on the back, some think that I haven't done anything substantial but  believe me when I hear appreciation from some real genuine people that I was good and brought a change, everything else doesn't matter. And then it feels that you can not make everyone happy, for your own happiness you have to be real, genuine, true and little selfish.

That's me!

I am mad, I am impatient, am not haughty but yes I am proud of myself, have a little ego, short-tempered, immature but I am playful, funny,have a good heart, adventurous and not boring, loves my work, ambitious, a bit conservative. You can be on either side of this but I know my side. And trust me I am narcissists on this. I love myself. I think I am lot better than many other people in my thoughts, understanding,personality, habits, mannerism and style. Therefore I am proud of myself. Though I do not much believe in sun signs but if you describe an Aries person, that is what I am. I might not reveal my emotions but I would expect you to understand me, I don't know how but you got to do it. This doesn't mean I am egoistic as I won't take the first step to start but once it has been taken I am IN totally. 

 :)

Success has a price to pay

Ok, This is a copied text from somewhere but I found it to be so true.

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Most people want to be successful or want to win in their pursuits, be it exams, business or life, but only a few are successful. Simple reason is the fact that there is a price to be paid in terms of sacrificing leisure, sleep or sometimes sacrificing your entire comfort zone. Most people are success hungry but too lazy, too reluctant to pay the price and blame their bad luck which is the easiest scape goat. You lose because you simply are too lazy to follow your dream and you don't want to take risk or put the bet on yourself. You look for safe options and blame luck in the end. If you are looking for a magic formula and you hope it will work, trust me, odds are really against you. Think of athletes, sportsmen they sacrifice time in practice in childhood which you spent watching TV and then when they strike gold, I have heard many people complain that cricketers get it easy, is it so? I meet so many people every day and many are curious, many have ideas but only a few with intent and drive to convert thoughts to action.

Simply put to win there are prices to be paid. I will quote an often quoted line,"there is nothing like a free lunch."

One night and six amazing people!

Happy people :)

With a hectic schedule and days full of tiring work and responsibilities, I chose to hit the high side of life by accepting this proposal from one of my junior to join them for an exhilarating trip to the longest drivable beach i.e Mandarmoni.  A night before our journey we gathered at Lake Side, just behind Gymkhana to do the necessary planning, booking and the excitement began that time itself. So, I was the senior most in the group, others being B.Tech and M.Techs. Since I had been to the place earlier, I took the initiative to book the cab and divided other responsibilities with the rest. We started at 11:30 pm on 27^th June with some amazing tracks, thanks to Ritvik for the superb collection, it added elements of joy. The driver was a fun guy too since he was driving safely as well as by being a sport to all our non-sense. The only thing that was suspicious was the presence of Police every 4-5 kms in the highway road that we were travelling into. In a way I felt safe because of the presence of Police and on the other hand intrigued by the thought. A white Sumo following us and playing with the speed of car to match ours also added to the experience. I was li’l scared but I ignored it. Throughout the journey, we were cracking jokes, singing songs and feeling awesome. The roads were quiet and empty, cloudy sky, cool atmosphere was making me feel as if there is much more to the life than what I am experiencing already.

Selfie :P

After some time, we reached to a place that was desolated, as if there lived no people yet there were constructions. We saw at a distance, there were two cars and some people. When we reached there, we were told to stop. It immediately filled us in suspicion. Thank God, there were two policeman and they were looking for something. But still we were in doubt, as to why at 2 am this kind of thing is happening. The guys went out to speak and we were sitting inside. One of the policeman who was smoking, constantly trying to look at us. We were wishing to scurry from this place asap. But our stupid driver, who was fond of talking, was talking to them for unnecessary amount of time. Anyhow we started from that place to continue our journey. By the way, there was a loot in bank on the same day, that’s why this kind of search was going on. We covered 110 kms and were about to reach our destination. We were talking about ghosts that time and god knows what happened to our driver when he suddenly put off the lights of moving car and said,”Dayan bulaun kya” (Shall I call the ghost?). We realized it was all dark, we did not know where we were that point of time. It looked as if we are amidst some forest where there is no civilization. For once we thought he was joking and he put on the lights, we burst into laughter but he did the same again, and everyone got suspicious (Beacause of my love of horror movies, I thought he is possessed or something). We changed the topic and praised him for driving nicely and he got going. Phew! We reached our lodge. The place was good and we could hear the sea waves but did not go to see it as we planned it to go during sunrise. So it was 2:30 am and we did not want to sleep. For 1.5 hours we talked and had some fun. We played games and had a great time. The time flew in seconds and there we were at the amazing view of nature. The vast sea, cool winds, mad clouds and we were there alone. From dark, it was becoming light.

The view was mesmerizing. 

Limitless boundries..

The peaceful atmosphere brings a sense of relief to one’s soul.  The vast sky and unending sea shore made me feel like I am nothing in this universe. My existence is inversely proportional to the expanse of this sea or this sky. The mad clouds were at their best sometimes channeling out the rays of sun at a distance looks like it was a cosmic experience. We lolled on the sand, played Frisbee, did some crazy things. Listening to the waves crashing on the shore, I could drive away all bustling pressures. I felt life.