My College Fest...

Heya people…all this while I was cribbing that my college doesn’t have a fest…But now it does have…!!! But it’s a little bit bizarre that it doesn’t have a name…lolz! So my college fest is not a big one like Malhar(Xavier’s), Umang (NM) or Mood Indigo(IIT- Mumbai)…it’s a small scale fest limited to the students of the college…sob sob…: ( This was the first time my college (St. Mary’s) had organized the fest…so obviously there were some flaws. But that was okay…at least I had a fest…phew!!! So people…let me tell ya’ll about my so-called college fest…lolz…

DAY 1 - 12^th November 2009

So my college fest had finally kicked started (okay I’m felling really weird to have a nameless college fest…so according to me it should be named KARMA...) On the first floor, the rangoli competition was going on in full swing (I know it’s a really stupid event to be included in the fest…lmao) Though many people didn’t participate but still the participants were quite wholehearted and giving their best shot. The girls were trying to create to their magnum opus. They really made vibrant and colourful rangolis I must admit…!

The collage making competition was being conducted in the classroom on the first floor. The topic was “Go Green”. The participants had to create their art work around the topic. All were thinking hard to come up with some innovative and appealing idea so that their art work would be the best amongst all…At the same time, slogan writing competition was being conducted in the adjacent classroom. The participants were lost in thoughts, thinking about an attractive slogan which would be unique and appealing…

The singing competition was held in the stilt area. The event began with a short speech of my college principal. My class teacher…Mrs. Shilpi Bhattacharya…was the announcer for the event. The competition began with a boy who sang an old hindi song. BORING!!! He was making some stupid howling sounds in between…I guess that was an attempt to be cool…which wasn’t at all! The audience burst out in laughter after listening to it. The Gong Gong aka Shalem was next. He sang “She will be loved” by MARRON 5. He was even strumming a guitar.I have to say this…he was best amongst all…gosh!!! And I think that song was dedicated to Bhavana…AOWAHA bhavs!!! And how can I forget Aurpita…she sang a classical song which was boring. And yeah don’t forget the facial expressions! Roflmao!

DAY 2 - 13^th November 2009

I was quite nervous as it was my event that day. I had participated in spelling bee competition and Just A Minute aka JAM. Actually I was nervous only about JAM. I got a nervous breakdown and finally I quitted! I hate myself for it. Damn!

The extempore was okay. The participants made a good effort. But the topics in JAM were really stupid! There was a RJ competition too.

Next was my event. I took part in spelling bee. I brushed up my spellings on the last moment. All set to answer. I made it through the first round. Then in the second round, the participants were bombarded with words which I never heard! And to my surprise…I won! I stood first! Yay…

DAY 3 -14^th November 2009

It was the last day of the fest. The final day began with group dance. There were various dance forms. Right from contemporary, hip hop, freestyle to typical bollywood. Some groups made a poor attempt. Their dance turned out to be a disaster. Some danced on famous tracks like Whine Up, Right Round, Sugar, Bebot, Boom Boom Pow etc. And yeah…the gong gong and his gang struck again! That was hilarious! Some of the groups put up quite an entertaining performance. The college fest ended with prize distribution. Yay…even I got a prize!

So people…that was my college fest. I know it was a little bit boring but still I enjoyed it. I hope it gets better next year. And I hope it has a name next year…

PS- I envy all my friends who have great college fests like Malhar, Umang, Visions and Utsav…!!!

Malignant...

Heya people…! Here’s a short story written by me. I hope you all will like it. Please do comment and give your reactions!!! Happy reading….!!! : )

Reena Malhotra was in a state of despondency when she left her doctor’s clinic. Dr. Agrawal told her that she had brain tumor. It was on the last stage. It was too late now. She didn’t know what to do…?

Reena was 26, smart, good looking and very sincere in her work. She had shifted from Delhi 5 years ago from her aunt’s place. Her parents had passed away when she was 14 years old. Since then her aunt took care of her. But she had already decided that she wanted to do something really big in her life. So she finally shifted to Mumbai when she was 21. Now, Reena was working in a call centre at the designation of Chief Office Manager. She got a good salary with which she was happy. She now had all she had ever dreamt of…

But until this day, when she got the news of her tumor…which was Malignant…She immediately went to her house and called up her best friend Serena Thompson. Serena and Reena were friends since 5 years. They worked together in the call centre. “Hello, Serena?” Reena said, filled with melancholy. “Hello, Reena. Why are you sounding so low? Is everything okay?” she asked getting apprehensive. “I’ve got to tell you something but not on the phone. It’s really important. Meet me at Costa Coffee in 15 minutes. Meet you there. Bye!” She kept the phone. She went to the bathroom, washed her face and looked at her reflection in the mirror. She thought that this face will now die…..

Serena was already sitting in the coffee parlour at their usual table. Reena came and sat opposite her. “Hi Reena! I’ve already ordered your favourite coffee. Café Mocchiato….!” Serena said stressing on the word coffee. Serena knew that Reena just simply loved coffee. “Thanks sweetheart!” Reena said. After two minutes the waiter arrived with the coffee. He placed it on the table and gave the ladies a pleasant warm smile. Without wasting much of time Reena came to point. She knew that it was going to be excruciatingly difficult for her to tell it. She said “Serena… How would you feel if I told you that I am going to die?” “Do I have to answer that hypothetical question? You’ve called me for this...for answering your stupid questions?” Serena shot back. Reena’s eyes were now moist. Tears started rolling down her cheeks. Serena now realized that something was terribly wrong. “What’s the matter?” Serena said. Now she started getting nervous. “I am going to die! I have brain tumor on last stage. Nothing can be done now. The doctor told there’s no hope. I’ve just got two months to live.” Reena said. The words just came out of her mouth. These words of Reena were still echoing in Serena’s mind.

The atmosphere had now become silent and tense. Serena couldn’t believe it. The reality was way too distressing. “So what are you going to do now?” Serena said with tears welling up in her eyes. “Die!” Reena said, feeling defeated. Reena never thought that her life would come to an end so soon. She had many plans for her future. She wanted to travel the world, publish her own novel and marry. But furthermore she wanted to LIVE. Now she had no option. She had to die. That was her fate and nothing could be done now. She accepted the bitter fact of death. “I want to travel the world. Would you like to come along with me?” Reena said soaking her tears with the handkerchief. “Obviously you fool! I’m totally in.” Serena said.

So finally Reena and Serena went on a world tour. They went to USA, France and Italy. Reena’s one wish was fulfilled. She saw the world which she always wanted to do. “Now I can die!” Reena thought .Serena spent time with her friend. She made each day of Reena a memorable one. They came back to Mumbai after a month. Every day Reena and Serena would go out for a dinner, watch a movie, watch a play or else spend time with each other. Those were the best days of their life.

After they had dinner in Olive which was Reena’s favorite restaurant, Reena said “Thanks a lot Serena for making my last few days so wonderful. I feel privileged to have a friend like you. You don’t know how good I’m feeling. Thanks a million!” “You don’t have to be so formal. Anytime time for you my best friend!” They left the restaurant and headed for their houses. Reena reached her house. It was a quite cool night. She changed into her nightdress and lay on the bed. Reena thought of her favorite song “One Last Breath” by the band CREED.

“Please come now I think I’m falling

I’m holding on to all I think is safe

It seems I found the road to nowhere

And I’m trying to escape

I yelled back when I heard thunder

But I’m down to one last breath

And with it let me say

Let me say

Hold me now

I’m six feet from the edge and I’m thinking

That maybe six feet

Ain’t so far down”

She knew that the moment had arrived. She thought of all her sweet memories. She tried to remember the faces of her parents. She thought of the time she spent with them. She recollected the time spent with her best friend Serena and the fun she had with her. She finally thanked God. She closed her eyes and she was lost in the darkness forever…..

All I Ever Wanted.....

Heya people…have you all ever wondered how great it would be if you got whatever you’ve desired for…!?!!? I know…that would be really great…There are many things that I wish they’d come into veracity…and I just hope it happens one day….

All I ever wanted is a TERROR FREE world…no butchery of innocent people…terror for me not only means the terrorist attacks but also the fights and riots on the name of religion…!!! I mean God doesn’t tell us that you are a hindu/muslim/jain or whatever religion it is…and according to me fighting on it is really insignificant… So people lets live together as a family!!!

All I ever wanted is to become a prominent Author/Novelist…Its my most cherished desire…and I hope that I do become one someday…….(I guess I don’t write that bad…do I ?)

All I ever wanted is to meet Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam (okay…this man needs no introduction…) and Rajdeep Sardesai (Editor-in-Chief/Owner of CNN-IBN)…these both men inspire me in a thousand ways(infact more than that)…I would be thoroughly privileged to meet these two people…!

All I ever wanted is that people should stop being hypocritical and ostentatious and pretentious…why do some people behave in such weird fashion I fail to understand…I just want people to be themselves, frank, straight forward and they should open up their minds to all possible vistas…( I’m not talking about Windows Vista…lolz…)

All I ever wanted is to stop Global Warming…I know that’s kind of impossible…but we can do our little bit…so lets undertake an initiative to save OUR PLANET…( C’mon people it’s the only planet with coffee, chocolates and panipuri…yum….!!!)

All I ever wanted is that there should be at least three holidays in a week…that would be really awesome and fun…so much of free time for ourselves and to enjoy….whoa….!!

All I ever wanted is to make India a super power…guys its high time that we should stop criticizing our country… We are developing as a country in all aspects be it in the economic sector, arts, sports, etc…There are many negative forces which try to divide us on the basis of religion and regionalism…lets just ignore them…..Its our responsibility as the future citizens to contribute to our country in whatever ways we opt…and yeah we shouldn’t forget our culture and traditions.....(okay…though I listen to English music that doesn’t mean that I don’t care about our culture…its my personal choice…this one was for one idiotic guy who is in my college and only insists on listening to marathi and hindi music…dude…get a life and go hell with it!!!)

All I ever wanted is to meet Jennifer Aniston…and the entire cast of F.R.I.E.N.D.S…..I just love them…!!!

All I ever wanted is to live a free life…no worries about anything…taking my own decisions….doing whatever I feel like….discovering my inner self….but damn…that’s one hell of a thing that I can’t get…!!!

The list goes on and on…..but these are the things I really want them to happen…I just hope it comes true one day…till then I’ll be waiting…so that was ALL I EVER WANTED…..!!!

Things I NORMALLY do in the night...

Heya people…!!! Quite a long time after my earlier post…finally holidays are back (diwali Vacations) yay!!!! hmmmm…..so what people usually do during night…!?!? I know what a dumb question…!!! And the obvious answer is… they “SLEEP”….well not in the case of me…!!! I’m quite a nocturnal animal….!! So….these are the things I usually do when I’m awake in the night…! Now….that I suffer from self-proclaimed insomnia….let me tell you guys what are my encounters during the night time…!!!

So….. I usually watch F.R.I.E.N.D.S in the night…….its my favorite sitcom ever….

And how can I forget my companion….BLACK COFFEE…!!! Just cant live without it…. This is my primary need for night time……Hmmmm…….. if there is any good movie coming on TV….then its great…(half of the time these stupid telebrands commercials keep on coming on tv…..but I must say…they are really hilarious…..english dubbed hindi commercials!!!) Or else I read a novel…..reading novels in the wee hours is my favorite pastime……I get completely into it…!!!

Thanks to the advent of modern technology……I go online when I’m awake during the night……I check out the profiles of the “PUNYA” people and burst out laughing…!!! Sheer entertainment I must say….!!! Listening to music is another activity of mine that I usually do in the night……or else I’ll be talking to Shreya or Rahul for hours together on the phone……

(okay….even shreya and rahul are insomniacs…..because every time these both are the only ones whom I talk to in the night regarding various things…)

MAGGI…….how can I forget that…….I love eating maggi in the night….wow….. I know I have got weird eating and sleeping habits….!!! But can’t help it……..and finally….if I’m getting bored…I go for a bath….!!! Then I think about my great days I spent with my friends and then……I eventually go off to sleep……

P.S- my normal sleeping time is12......and when there all holidays I sleep by 3 or 4…. So people these were the adventures of an insomniac….this is a caffeine addict/insomniac signing off…. Adios…..!

My First "MALHAR" Experience...!!!

Hello people…..!!! So finally college has begun…!!! But its not that much fun the way I thought it would be….!!! And I’m already bored with it…..so to take a break I went to malhar….!!!!!

On 29th August, 2009 I happened to visit MALHAR…..(for those who don’t know what malhar is…..malhar is the annual college festival of St. Xaviers College, VT….!!)
(A big thanks to greshma because of whom I got a pass of malhar….!!!! Thanks greesh…..!!! and yeah…..greesh is now a Xavierite…!!!)

It was my first malhar experience….(as the title rightly says…!)…..It was one of a kind experience for me…!!! The events….wow.!!! they were really great….!!! The exhibition put up by the Fine Arts students was really noteworthy…..!!! There were many workshops too.....for example….animation, coffee tasting, dance workshop…..n many more…..!!! The band performances were also really cool…..!!!! and the food…..yummy…..it was too good……!!!
There was a dance competition too…………and guess what…..Imraan Khan was the judge………wow……….!!! The crowd really went gaga…..!!!! The whole feel of malhar….right from ambience to its organization….its events….were really too good…..!!!! After all its MALHAR……….!!!! [please note: my college doesn’t have a college fest…..!!! : (….] The official newspaper of malhar…”RAGA” is also really par excellence……hats off to its editorial team and all the correspondents……..!!!!!!!!

So this was my first malhar experience….!!! I don’t know what else to say…..I’m still excited as I’m writing this blog thinking about malhar…..!!! so people even you all go and experience the malhar magic next time……!!!! Adios…!!!