Zero Period

What an awefully booring day .....still 2 hours to go home and nothing to do ! Have'nt done much work today, partly cos there's nothing much to do anyway and partly cos i did'nt feel like hunting for any work to do ! So i've surfed websites for silver and diamond jewellery, mobile phones, gift ideas to send a gift to myself , shuffled my drawers to throw out all unnecessary stuff, roamed around in the office, read articles on food and fashion on the net..had 2 cups of coffee, one glass of juice and even tried chatting on yahoo....but m still boored...kya karen? Maybe I should call up some friends n family ...but then I do'nt really feel like that either...I think i'll just read some blogs now till it's time to go home !! Chao!

Relieved!

Finally ! Exams r over and i'm so relieved :) ..n back in the office today. If you must know, they went well...i might just manage to clear all 4 papers...the first three i did all on my own...and the last one was mostly from the little strips of paper which were floating around the room...but they were notes from the course material, so they must be right, right? Except that the figures in the numerical questions seemed to differ a bit..but the examiner is not going to read everything na? (Though i wonder whether he will laugh or be upset if he notices all 50 answer sheets will have the same answers correct n the same stupid mistakes ?!) But seriously, i was so excited about my first full-fledged cheating experience...i could'nt stop grinning all the way home ;)

But the invigilator was really kind u know. She let us finish copying till 10 mins after the exam got over as me n my neighbour got the last bits of the notes in the end n we had not yet finished writing them even after everyone else had left the class room!

I'm not very experienced with cheating in the exams but ive got a lot of experience in being cheated from...in school and in college n now in the degree program. As a result i have suffered pencils being poked into my back n shirt being tugged at from behind and even kicks under the table...directed at either my chair or my foot...in a bid to draw attention by my fellow students..i once slapped a guy during the college days for jerking out my hair-band in the middle of an exam..i got so infuriated by his behaviour ! But hey, somewhere u gotta draw the line! The poor invigilator just stood there n did'nt know what to do ..! He was a cute guy too...his most oft repeated line..atleast for me was "the vani, why are you the late today?" Someone needs to tell him that cool teenagers do'nt go to class until half of it is over. How come he did'nt even notice that the roof top canteen over-looked the boys college next door?

Some students are really innovative when it comes to cheating in class...they have strips of notes in their socks, under the watch or the belt n God knows where else, and some would scribble stuff on their hankies ..others had their friends throw some notes inside the class from the window after the exam had begun and some would come early n write on their alloted tables itself or will stick notes with a chewing gum under the tables n chairs..people have now been inspired by the Munnabhai MBBS movie to use their mobile phones to have their friends dictate their answers to them..ofcourse u need a wireless ear plug for this one....but the latest one i heard was that you can take pics of the text n diagrams in ur phone n zoom it n copy from there !!

Forgive me if i have introduced naughty thoughts into ur minds...but if u have some great experinces or ideas to share bout cheating..i'd love to hear 'em..!

Still struggling..

Gruelling days are here again...m up at 6 am(!) and still trying to convince myself to sit down and start preparing for today's exam...one Human Resourse Management comming right up!!

Yesterday's CAM was killing..! I think i might scrape through inspite of it...oh yea, i can fill some empty space with a lot of babble if i have to!

Over and out..!

Exams anyone?

Helllooooooooosssss!!

Thursday morning n I have to get up early...time to finally prepare for the exams starting tomorrow....i wonder where my books are...but i can only think of the holidays i wanna go on after my exams are over :) ...who wants to think about the exams....yuk!

Ive never had any examination fever or anything...just that by now it's become reeaalllly booring..! M starting with the CAM paper tomorrow..will keep u posted ....Wish me luck!

Water-logged!

A view of the backwaters of Alleypey, Kerela..awesome, is'nt it?

Tourists enjoying a houseboat..costs approx. 3000-4000 for a 24 hrs. tour including a night stay in the waters!

That's us...me, Sush and Sinu..from left to right, incase u did'nt guess...

A "boat-stop" along the banks..small boats and ferries are the main modes of transport for people living in the villages..

More pictures next time! Chao !

Lost in God's land..

An impromptu plan to land at Calicut (to catch up with an old friend from school days, Sushmita) n some surfing websites to see a glimpse of what I was heading for was also not enough to prepare me for what lay ahead….which mostly felt like a dream..!

Arriving from Calicut to Cochin to Aleppy after having had a ferry ride already, I thought I’d be prepared to handle another boat ride….but that was an underestimation of the day I’d spend ahead…


When we approached the backwaters, Sushmitha was looking forward to enjoying her long due holiday, I think Sinu( Sush's friend from college) just wanted to do some “bird-watching” while I was initially just worried bout getting sun burned and concerned about having a solid roof over the ferry !!


It was nice to have a small ferry to ourselves, and nicer to know that we’d get an off season discount in February…but the loose chairs on the upper deck were shaky n I decided to just settle on the floor n so did Sinu n Sushmitha (S&S) eventually.

The tour began n we settled down to the palm-fringed and tranquil backwaters which sometimes lead us to small canals and then suddenly came upon vast lake like openings only to lead us into another maze of canals…I instinctively felt like leaving behind breadcrumbs to find my way back !

It was just like the websites I had surfed through…and for a while I felt like surfing through one of them again, only this time I used a ferry instead of a mouse…n it took a while to realize that I was there for real ! Ofcourse the harsh sun woke me up soon n I went scurrying for cover cribbing about the sun burn…and the half-sleeved shirt was obviously a bad choice!

All of us had digital cameras and went berserk clicking pictures of the palms, the big, bold and beautiful houseboats, the under clad foreigners in them, the birds and the bees, the canals merging into each other and ofcourse, pictures of each other too! Sinu has the most awesome camera and it pays to sit right next to him!

The first half of the tour was spent just soaking in our environment, those awesome trees lining them, the small villages and fields we passed by and oh, I loved the ”boat-stop” on the way where villagers were waiting for a ferry to take them to their destinations. We stopped at one or two places on the way where we (read S&S) were able to admire all the birds n Sushmitha was brave enough to learn a bird’s name or two and utter it in every alternate sentence for the rest of the day!! Soon like all crusaders, we were hungry and thirsty and stopped at a field on the way to eat our bread and butter at bout noon.

Lunch made me perky and I was ready to do a Kate Winslet on the ferry but Sinu seemed energized enough to shoot me down n out if I rocked the boat! The ride continued through more canals and fields and after miserably trying to make small video clippings on my camera, I decided to let others do the hard work n just sit n admire the views and capture images in my mind. We missed having a music system at the point but I didn’t mind loosing track of time at all...though obviously we all had cell phones which occasionally buzzed and brought us back to the harsh realities of life with a thud !

The ferry driver stopped again at a small hutment where we were able to laze around again and have coconut water and delicious tender coconuts and I had this brilliant idea of growing a coconut tree in my backyard in delhi…and I met just my kind of bird too…a gorgeous red-head chick ! Sushmitha got really friendly with the hut owner’s dog and I think Sinu looked a tad jealous….even though there was the goat left for him to get introduced to…

From there we had to head back to the mainlands and the rest of the journey we all spend in being lulled into a dreamy sleep by the smooth waters and partially wished that this day would never end and partially looking forward to our next great day in this beautiful God’s own country. Thank you God for letting us in!!

Timeliness next to Godliness..

What time is it when an elephant sits on your fence? Time to get the fence repaired !!

Do you know what time is it? It's time for me to blog...actually it's time for me to study cos i have my exam for the management program comming up on friday..but did i prepare for it in good time? No ! Been there..done that several times.. and never learnt my lesson :( I wonder if we waste time, do we do a dis-service to time or to ourselves? But life itself is sooo about time now..is'nt it? Time to get up, time to leave for work, time to pick up the kids, time to take a nap, time to crib bout not having time !

Remember that time ...yea, the time when u were supposed to do something but did'nt...i remember lots of times like those...like when i should have continued to keep in touch with an old friend but did'nt, or when it was time to dump the jackass n i did'nt..! Or like I should have bought that flat when home loan rates were lower, or I should have done tax savings when i had the money.....I always know when it's time to do smthg, but somehow still don't ...lazy lazy!! My mom tells me it's time to get married now...so what time is it when one should get married....n how bout time to get married the second time round? ;) After the time when the first one is a boor...after the seven year itch?

It's been nice when i really have done things on time :) i always take timely holidays..

shucks ive spend so much time here...time to have dinner already n then to watch my favourite show..yea i know....i'll study later....

Good Morning..

Good Morning !! Back to work and time to sip some frothy coffee...i dnt really bother too much about what kind of coffee i drink, though coffee lovers have a whole lot of choices to make between their mokka, latte, instant, expresso, cappachino, etc..for me and most of my friends..coffee drinking was usually about being "different" and depended on how much money we had!! In school..when guys had tea in the school canteen, we snooty girls only had coffee! In college, it was usually cold coffee cos we were suddenly aware that tea n coffee were not so cool in such a hot open canteen ! When we went for movies, baristas and Cafe Coffee Days were beyond our budget..so it was coffee at the smaller restaurants with snacks which usually was instant coffee I think...now I feel I know my coffee slightly better since we can now afford to go to the Baristas n order the latte or the mokka with an all knowing look on our faces!!

Just a few days ago mom had looked pensively at the coffee mugs and said ...we don't really know how to make a great cup of coffee with coffee beans...we should, incase some needs to be served to guests..! With mom, a lot of things in the house are about these "guests"...new and expensive table covers are kept inside to be used when we are going to have guests at home..so are the pure white curtains, the embroidered bedsheets, and expensive cutlery and ofcourse sofa covers will need to be removed... I once asked mom how long will an unannounced guest have to wait at the door while we scurry around renovating the house inside...I guess that softened her stand a bit...now when i'm having friends over..she does'nt bother bout a thing!!

Day 2:

Day2: I'm back!! And I already feel like a confident writer today...i guess that 'cos i'm a talkative person anyway ?!! All i'm really doing is talking to this post here...? I'm less confident 'bout the reason for my blogging as yet...or for anyone blogging..but when i told my colleague today that I made a blog...she was so excited bout the concept that now she wants to make one too...says dil ki baat karne ko koi toh mile!! So people r blogging to make themselves heard, express their strong opinions or light jokes, or just cos it's a fashion fad which no self -respecting urbanite would dream of missing out on! And how can I forget all those shaayars whose shayari their siblings r not willing to listen to...hehe..

Ive been through quite a few blogs here and are from people who r doing this for fun...but some people are writing blogs very professionally...and they r very creative with it too...even keeping track of their visitors n making regular posts n all...maybe blogging fulfills a certain void in their life ? It will surely become an integral part of it think....well whatever the reason to write ....let's not forget to have fun on the way :)

Bloggermania!

The first time I heard the term "blog", I thought it was short for a log book..I almost had it right. There was an article in some newspaper (about a year ago?) about this phenomena on the net called blogging and it enlightened me to the new craze of the world...not that it succeded in making me crazy bout it. It seemed like a strange thing to do...just scribble your thoughts and lay them open for all and sundry to read you like a book? Why? I looked at my mom and thought...what if she could read my thoughts..phew!! Thereafter, I just went back to my old flame on the net..yahoo chat! Ocassionally someone sent me a link to a blog which i ignored but I could see the noose getting tighter around me..but it was not until after my holiday to kerela in feb. this year that i really took a good look at a blog ...when a friend prompted me to work on a draft blog bout the holidays. I took it up with the reluctance a non-swimmer would have for the deep end of the pool...but i managed to swim through i guess...and now here I am ...with my very own first blog, courtesy my friend's encouragement and free time sponsored by my employer! And guess what, mom's not that internet savvy yet..so i'm not scared...yet! :)





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