Sooo..... I'm BACK! ta..da.. (ok so it does not have the same ring as Terminator's "I'll Be Back!!!" - but no harm trying. what say?) I have had an interesting two months off.... went to Bombay for a second internship, loved it again, changed accomodations 4-5 times in four weeks, got a job towards the end of it all (yaay!!), was back home in time for Diwali!!! (yaay!! again) , went on a mini vacation to Shantiniketan and Bishnupur, saw beautiful terracotta temples there - again loved it, came back to college in time for the girls cricket tournament, got to captain my batch team, had a lot of fun running after tennis balls for two weeks, won the tourney comfortably, played some throwball too, miraculously made it through to the semis, almost got dragged into playing basketball and pittu, am now aiming to play some badminton & hockey, want to join the new gym too (yes winter is the sporty semester in college) want to do a lot more... but am too lazy and now tied up to do even half or any of it, watched 'batch harmony' go for a toss in the course of four tumultous recruitment meetings, have watched it return almost immediately thereafter, and now am in the course of trying to help with the recruitment process in college. Phew!!!
oh and yes, had a wonderful birthday, saw winter finally arrive in Kolkata, had a fun Christmas with two rounds of collective carols and song singing (one open air and the other in warmer conditions), had a WONDERFUL Christmas brunch and am now waiting for "NUJS Night" on Jan 1st.
In between, in addition to reading (for updates on which please refer to the 'recently read' and 'currently reading' lists) I have rediscovered my interest in Hindi poetry. Wanted to put up one I really liked... but for some reason, the transliteration feature is not working on my blog. So once I figure out what is wrong, you will be treated / subjected to Hindi poetry!!! :-) till then ciao!
3 comments:
I commented, but it seems it didn't show up. What I wrote was:
"It's pretty bold of you to try and sum up three months' activities in a single post. I would never have the nerve."
And this is like a dream come true. I have an actual word for WV.
"bases"
Which is the plural for both base and basis.
yaay!! (for the WV) and it's great that the undying faith you had in WV has paid off! and as for the rest... it would be bold only if I did manage to capture the essence of the three months in one post... since I have not managed to do that, it is plain and simple Lazy! :-)
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