Along the journey ...

I'd gone to the library today. To start on my projects. It's funny how things are always interesting when you begin and invariably become boring towards the end. But that might just be my Gemini ascendant making it hard to be too stable.

I change two buses to get to Indian Law Institute, Bhagwan Dass Road. And I feel very grown up and very independent when I say stuff like oh, you know, my first bus came like 15 minutes late so I missed the second one and got late. Don't mock, the first time I changed two buses was on 3 Jan 2011. So.

Today I ended up giving my seat to old women on all four buses. But I like standing; standing there and looking out of the window, standing is super fun. Except when there are too many men around. I've realised that men are quite hate-worthy, in the general sense. On second thought, I'm probably shifting hate for one man to his whole creed. But when I think of some incidents, and believe me, these aren't few and far in between, it's probably right to feel that way. But then I think of some men I know; and these are truly few, and I can't get myself to think anything negative about them. Not even on the worst days.

Also, I've finally got a copy of Mein Kampf and I'm going to start it Today. Yippee.

New Beginnings

Hey y'all!

Long time ... I know. But I've been doing things. Hence. :)

Today it rained - gorgeous, splattering rain. Unfortunately it didn't last more than fifteen minutes, but that quarter of an hour was better than a lot of days we've seen living in Delhi. So yeah!

Listening to Raise Me Up - Westlife. This is one band I enjoying listening to at moments like these.

'You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up... To more than I can be.'

Beautiful! 

What's more; yesterday I thought I'd do 'something constructive' and picked up some French tutoring books. I read a couple of pages, attempted to learn up everything, but lost interest in half an hour. So today I started learning Latin on Youtube. People go all technology this and technology that, so why not use it! Its been fun till now, let's see if the enthusiasm lasts till tomorrow. 

Also, I've taken heavily to playing rummy with my mother for at least 3-4 hours a day. Thankfully without the involvement of money! But really, its great fun; and I'd never really played cards before this, so this is recently discovered time-pass. 

And that's all for now. 

Will write later, valete! (Latin for 'bye')

P.S If you're interested, check out this poem - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/elizabeth_bishop/poems/938.html  on Rain!

Meaningless Musings

CLAT results at 9 pm tonight.

Seriously, WTH! What sense does it make to give it out so late? They might as well have given them out tomorrow ..

Its not even funny.

After that initial outburst of irrational frustration I am feeling more calm :P

Listening to Gabriella Cilmi - Warm this Winter. It is summer but I'm already waiting for winter. Although that's not why I'm listening to the above song, but still ..

It’s gonna snow outside
The weather will be cold
But I’m gonna be warm (ho ho) this winter 


What a fun song! I haven't liked any of Cilmi's other songs though - the likes of 'On a Mission', or 'Save the Lies'; they are on a completely different plane from Warm this Winter. 


Went on scribd today. I wonder what documents people post on it: I really can't think.


I cannot wait to watch I Hate Luv Storys! I'm totally hooked by the whole look of the movie, and even Imran Khan is looking good, and expressive, a welcome change. =)


As I had rightly predicted, the papers are full of pictures of people applying for DU. Strangely, all of those kids, who are as old as me, or younger, look so grown-up and mature. I seriously doubt if I'd look that grown-up if I came in the papers. I understand its a really silly thing to be thinking, but its true!


Anyway, Enrique's always such a pleasure to listen to. Yes, I'm one of those who still like him. Some of his songs are ignored by people: ones like 'I have always loved you', 'Could I have this kiss forever' among others are examples.


Lunch is waiting, so I gotta leave now, will write tomorrow, hopefully with a great CLAT result!

Aaj ki Khabar

Played Brainvita/Peg today. Four rounds. Pegs left:
4
3
3
3 respectively.


Listening to 'The way I loved you' - Taylor Swift. Nice-ish. Very energetic for Swift though.


Apart from that, I'm listening to a whole lot of Western classical music - Piano, Cello, Violin, Clarinet etc.
Fun stuff, when you come to think about it.


You're so in love that you act insane
And that's the way I loved you


And I never knew I could feel that much
And that's the way I loved you


Nice!


I realised day before that when Sid (of Wake Up Sid) says 'Usne teri khuddari ko lalkara hai! Be a man!', it actually a copy of Akash's dialogues from Dil Chahta Hai. Yes, so now you know I have nothing to do ;)


Anyway, So DU admission forms are available now. And I'm not going to be one of those standing in long queues in the searing heat. My mom suggested I should exchange board marks with somebody; cos I need over 50%  only, but that someone may need a lot more. Very benevolent. But not possible.


Today's weather is kind of funny. Since midnight there's this kind of stormish sky, with great noisy winds and also thundering noises. At least its possible now to go out of the house. So no complaints. 


29th is right here now. Tomorrow is to us as wednesday was to aspiring IIT-ians: result time. Let's see what happens. 


Then to Pune on 31st. Yay.

JLT

Hey All!

You will today find me in a greatly improved mood as compared with my last post.

I have sort of become more accustomed to the emptiness in my routine and my lifestyle has adapted remarkably. Case in point - I now take an hour to get ready in the morning as opposed to the 15 minutes I took during school time. Yes, I brush for a whole of five minutes.

I watched Kites day before. Hrithik Roshan is good. He's acted quite well, and its almost solely his movie. So yeah. Mori is not even remotely good. But the guys will like her ;)

I watched Twilight too. On TV. And I liked it. This particular occurrence would have been quite unimaginable to me earlier, but I did. Stewart is So dull, but the rest is quite good. Even Robert Pattinson was tolerable in spite of his very limited acting prowess. But I liked the whole persona of the not-so-typical vampire.

Listening to Lost Inside Your Eyes - Eric Nicholas. What an absolutely amazing guy!

'I'm lost inside your eyes. Its like an ocean.' Wow!

Will go over to a friend's today to borrow some books. Primarily. Let's see.

Apart from that, I need to go swimming! Like really go swimming. But I'm just so full of inertia sometimes.

I think I'll go tomorrow ..

More Random Doodles

Hey!

This Is Result Fortnight! Let’s call it a killer phase, because .. well simply because it is. Yes, NLUD acted all funny and gave the results in (not again) a fortnight. And I was short of one mark to make it to the first list. SO SAD. Mamma said the same thing; couldn’t you have got one mark more for your own good? True. But being as I am, I thanked God I didn’t get one mark less. Or I’d be tied with twenty other people and the board results would assume much more importance. So I’m right on top in the waiting list, and I don’t mind it as much as I probably should. Symbiosis came out yesterday. Only the marks though, no ranks and all. I’ve done well. Although I secretly wish I had got 126 in NLUD. But all is well. Until now at least. Board results are expected on either 20^th or 21^st of this month. That’s less than a week from now. And 29^th is the date for CLAT. God!

And, I cannot say this often-er: I hate summers. The heat, the humidity, the inability to feel fresh ever, the disdainful moods all around. And people say they feel lazy in the winters. Tell me what keeps you spirited and jovial and ever-adventurous in this climate. Tell me what makes you want to go out and do anything, be it roaming around, studying, or shopping. Cos I don’t feel like stepping out of my air-conditioned room for one moment.

Plus, I have nothing to read. First thing I’m doing tomorrow is going to a book shop. I hope. And I think I’ve watched every movie that Zee Studio, Star Movies and HBO have in their stocks. And at least half of Sony Pix’s too, most of what remain are those I have no desire to watch. So watching runs and re-runs and re-re-runs of Castle is what I do now. Seriously. Pitifully. And I’ve discovered something: Fillion is not so attractive at first, but he grows on you, until you find him very, very sexy. Katic, on the other hand, seems really nice at first, but she loses appeal as you watch and watch every day. But I love her name – Stana Katic, so stylish!

This reminds me of a survey I once read about. This site has these pictures of various men and women, and viewers have to rank them on their attractiveness. Now the trick is that they often use different names for the same picture. And they found that some pictures with a particular name were ranked higher than the same picture with a different name! Meaning that an average looking Mary would rank lower than the same average looking Natasha! Very interesting, isn’t it?