It's My Life

I don’t know why or how, but I’m pretty sure I’ve become a mere shell of what I was a few years ago. Till my 13th birthday, I was just about average as the next human being on this Earth. But that fateful day, February 27th 2004, I lost all hope. It was exactly one year from that day that I began watching WWE. I became a fanatic of WWE since that day and the coming into power of the CAS made me go insane! There were rumours that it would return back to how it was for almost half a year. So I kept praying … praying to God that STBs would become obsolete. One of my friends even said it would happen on my 13th birthday, so I waited and waited. It never happened. I lost all my faith in God. I became a pawn to my emotions, I lost all control of my emotions. From that day, only 2 emotions governed me - happiness (which I rarely came accross) and grief. The rest was all an obsession.

I grew up with a lot of bad memories. My past is not one of good memories, the bad memories outweigh the good ones. My mother had 2 elder sisters and a younger sister and a younger brother, both of which whose children were born in 1999. My father was the second youngest of 8 children. The result —> I was the youngest in my family for several years.

Usually, the youngest child always had it’s way, but not me. I had to sacrifice a lot of things for the sake of my cousins (I have a lot of em). I remember very clearly, when I was 2 years old, my aunt introduced me to a computer, and I quickly became so used to it that it became my life. I was introduced to “The Net” when I was 4 or 5. Back in the day, I had a shitty slow dial-up connection and my aunt was showing me how to use it. My cousin sister wanted to look up something on Princess Diana while I wanted to see something about a cartoon. I never did get to see it.

I always longed for a sibling, but I had only my cousins to put up with. I’m not saying my cousins were mean to me or anything, infact they used to care for me a lot.

I lived a very sheltered life for a long, long time. I was a victim of so many diseases. I used to fall sick so very often. Believe me, I have never written more than 2 terminal exams in my 1st, 2nd and 4th stds. In my 3rd, I never wrote any of them. I also ate only rice and chips. Although I blame my mother for not correcting me when she had the chance, I know I am to blame. (reminds me of a tamil proverb - 5il valaiyadhadhu 50il valaiyadhu)

Since I barely got to go to school or even outside my house, I had no friends for a long time. I had no siblings either. I was alone. The year 2000 was like a gateway to me. The new millennium dawned in front of me like I always wished. During my 4th to 5th std. holidays, I was on medication for some strepto cocci bacteria that caused my repetetive illness. I was a lot better than I had ever been when I entered my 5th std.

The teacher made us stand in height order to arrange our seating. I remember so clearly, when I first made a friend, Shridhar. If you’re actually bothering to read this whole thing, thanks for being my friend. But good always comes with bad. Ironically, it was the guy standing between myself and Shridhar who introduced us to each other. That guy was Ashwin. I’ve never got along with him, and it continues to stay that way. We will only remain on the same side if we’re facing a greater evil which requires both of us coming together.

I had 5 amazing friends, Shridhar, Sharan, Gokul, Amogh and Arjun throughout the years of schooling. If you’re all reading this, thanks for all you’ve done. To quote Bryan Adams, “those were the best days of my life!”

In the holidays between 5th and 6th std.s, I got a broadband connection. That turned my whole life around. Till that day, my computer’s sole purpose was for games, but then, it opened a portal to a whole new dimension. I used the net for so much research. I was hooked on to Wikipedia like a leech! I thrived on the info I got. My computer became an obsession, it became my life. My parents were seriously worried about me, so they locked my computer in a room. But “NOBODY COULD STOP ME”!!! I would somehow manage to find the key, wherever they hid it.

Being an only child, I had noone whom I could really converse with, seeing there’s a 10 year gap between me and the nearest cousin in terms of age. Chillu doesn’t count, he’s a second cousin. I treated my computer as a sibling, and my computer became my life. I don’t know what brought about the depression in my life. Was it the loss of TV, which was once my life? Or was it because I became all philosophical and started brooding over the ultimate question of life? My hatred for religion also butts in. Back when I was a little kid of 5 years, my aunt (who is VERY devoted and religious) used to make me sit with her and meditate and say all slokas. How could someone like that develop such an aversion to hatred?

The reason is quite simple… since I had nothing to do at home, I used to like going to school. My family always went to the temple at our native place every year atleast once. Invariably, atleast one day of school used to get cut by this.

If anyone still remembers this… I was absent on the first day of school of 7th std. The day when Iyer told our class the story of Jack The Ripper. From then on, I never went to that temple except once and that too only for my sister.

With my new found hatred towards religion to fuel me, I continued with my life. The eternal question of why I was destined to live and why couldn’t I just die lingered on. I believe that there’s a supreme force which shapes our destiny and all, but exaggerating it and celebrating it is out of the question. Just think of me like a Jedi.

I also vowed that if I knew that I was going to die, I’d kill myself before that happens… just to prove that I have my life in MY hands and not in that supreme power’s. I like debating a lot. I could argue and argue and argue for hours together, and that became my hobby when there was no proper TV. I’ve argued with my parents a lot of times just for the heck of it. I’ve got a really big ego and I believe that I am the king of all I see. So if you disagree with me, prepare for a verbal battle with me!

With no TV(not really no TV, but no worthwhile TV), I turned to music. Music is one of the things I still have interest in. I still can name a few songs that I’d never forget - … Baby One More Time, Bring Me To Life, Broken and It’s My Life. I don’t know if it’s because of my character that I like dark and emo songs or have the songs made my character. Pretty confusing. I can probably give the lyrics of a few songs, which alone would tell a lot of my life than this post could.

Maybe it’s due to my Piscean nature I’m so dreamy and out of this world, but I really tend to dream on and on. I practically live in the future and brood over my past, thinking nothing about the present. I don’t know why, but I always have a feeling of Deja Vu once in a while. I always get confused between my dreams and reality. It’s like I’m hanging on the thin line of reality and imagination. I don’t know how this thought came to me, but I have had this feeling that I’m really a time traveller who’s got his mind wiped by the people who sent me to this past and am waiting for some event to trigger my memories. Call me crazy, but that’s what I believe in.

I’ve lost all interest in life, and everything it had to offer. I’m hardly on the computer, and studies is the only thing keeping me going. I’m still waiting for something in the future that would set me right, back to the way I once was. I’m hoping for too much, but I’d really like to come face to face with myself, a self of mine who is travelling from my bleak future to set things right.

There are probably a lot more, but at present, these lyrics will suffice:

“We’ve been dreaming
But who can deny,
It’s the best way of living
Between the truth and the lies” Within Temptation - See Who I Am

“I’ve been dreaming for so long,
To find a meaning
To understand.
The secret of life,
Why am I here
To try again?

Will I always,
Will you always
See the truth
When it stares you in the face?
Will I ever
Will I never free my self
Breaking these chains?” Within Temptation - Jillian

“You took my heart
Deceived me right from the start
You showed me dreams
I wished they’d turn to real
You broke the promise
And made me realise
It was all just a lie” Within Temptation - Angels

“I fear who I am becoming
I feel that I am losing, the struggle within
I can no longer restrain it
My strength it is fading
I have to give in

It’s the fear…
Fear of the dark
It’s growing inside of me
They won, they will come to life
Have to save…
Save my beloved
There is no escape
Because my fate is horror and doom” Within Temptation - It’s The Fear

Description: Your inner soul is saying SCREW YOU! For some reason you gave up caring about things. You use to be warm and loving, but now you've started crusting over to a cold, hardcore bitch who doesn't take crap from anybody! Even though you try not to show emotions, you desperately want to let loose and go wild! You have an attitude that makes you irresistible to others and you are the one usually to take charge of situations. Deep down inside, though you repel people, all you want is that someone who will understand and wont turn away/ignore you like everyone else does. You want to be able to reach out and love them, but, you just cant for some reason You have created an icy barrier that shields you from reality, from what you don't want to believe. No one seems to understand you; not many can see past that barrier and see you, a hurt person just yearning to be able to embrace another or fit in! You tend to shy away from things; rejecting events/people bitterly and mouthing off anything that lurks in your mind at the time. You also tend to use humor or physical contact as a defense mechanism to protect anyone from seeing your pain. You convince yourself you're not afraid of anything or anyone, but in reality you're so insecure! All you want is someone to finally understand, see past that ice and hopefully even melt the shield. You just want comfort, you want that genuine someone! A person who likes you for you and understands what you've gone through or are going through. Underneath that cold exterior lies a warm, happy soul that wants to let loose and have fun! Your sanctuary would probably be any damn place you feel like being at! You can remain the same, but until you actually let your guard for once, youll never see what lives beyond the lies. Even if letting people in will cause some distress and pain, its all worth it in the end. At least youll know youre living a real life

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Quote: The walls we build around us to keep out the sadness, also keeps out the joy
(Jim Rohn)

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Poem Verse:

No where to run, Never a place to hide,
I stand there alone, always alone,
Not a soul in sight, not one ever by my side
(DieColdHearted)

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Symbol: Ice (cold, and can be bitter at times)

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Description: Your inner soul is calling for help! Everyday you wonder why you are still here when there is nothing left. You use to once be a happy, loving soul, but it was damaged by 'them' and seems like it never can be fixed again. You've been hurt, abused, and damned far too much for you to handle it all anymore! No one understands you because theyre too scared to get to know you! You want to finally give up; just escape and rid of all your pain. You want people to understand, you want comfort... You tend to bottle up all of your emotions and problems, hoping that theyll all go away But you long to reach out and tell that one special person all of your feelings and troubles! But you never seem to have that person to talk to, or they just dont seem to want to hear you! You like expressing yourself in many ways; whether it be through your emotions, words, art, or even physically. You also enjoy nice quiet sceneries that just dazzle your mind with awe. You want a normal and happy life. You always feel this sense of loneliness clouding over your head, though surrounded by several people. None of them know you; you feel as though no one can relate to you. You want understanding, you want that friend, and you want that perfect life! Your sanctuary would probably be any place where you can be alone and hide out, such as your bedroom... You may be tough at times and try to prevent yourself from crying on the outside.... But your heart is always crying on the inside... Try to loosen up and have some fun! Never start frowning because you never know who's falling in love with your smile :)

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Quote: Spiteful words can hurt your feelings, but silence breaks your heart
(unknown)

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Poem Verse:

But finally, after all the tears, Ive drowned
After all the cuts, blood still runs down
The distance between us is hurting; my heart seared,
But the closeness was what really killed me, what I really feared
(DieColdHearted)

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Symbol: A tear (sign of strength, yet it contains pain)

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In gratitude...

Today was the most awful day in my whole life. I had posted earlier that my close friend had suffered from a spinal cord dislocation, and had to undergo a major operation. He had recovered well, and crossed the critical 48 hour period. Yesterday night, there arose a complication and a blood clot developed in his spinal cord. The doctors said that he had only 48 hours to live and that it would be an absolute miracle if he survived. I got this news today morning as I was coming to school. I could hardly contain my tears, and kept wondering what sort of a friend I was. Ish had flown in from the States yesterday night and was the one who gave me this news

During lunch break today, I got the news that Udit had passed away. That did the tearworks, the dam broke loose and I completely lost control of where I was and what I was doing. As I came out of my class, shamelessly crying, all I could think of was that I could never see him again, never hear him talk

When people told me that the loss of a loved one would really leave an emptiness in your heart, I didnt really understand what they meant. But now I know. Udit was like a brother I never had. Though shorter than me, he was ever the over protective friend, always concerned about me and all.. To top things, we had a discussion on what life was, in class today. I was restraining myself from getting up to speak, but somehow just couldnt control it when Anirudh commented that life was basically worthless. I got up and said that life was a calculated risk, without an insurance cover. Subhashini maam asked me as to why I said so, and I just told her about what was going on. I couldnt control myself and broke down in front of the class. This has never happened before in my life. I do not belong to the class of people who think that crying in front of others is emabarassing, but at the same time, it mattered no more... I completely lost it when Subhashini maam ended our discussion by saying that, even though none of the people in my class really knew who my friend was, when I spoke about him in class, everyone must have felt sorry at least for a second, considering the influence he had on me. It is not everyday that someone chokes over a friend, especially in a coed school and breaks all barriers to speak out in the open about it. For this, I thank her.

But most of all I gotta thank my friends, Jaya, Swetha, Pavithra, Vaaruni, Lakshmi, Shruthi, Smruthi, everyone who helped me get through this. I wouldnt be here this mentally stable if it werent for these people, and for this, I owe them big time. The very fact that there were there for me at a time when I needed them the most is more than enough for me. As the day proceeded, I would start crying every now and then, childish of me, but nevertheless, every little thing that reminded me of Udit brought the waterworks to my eyes.

During lunch break, when I got the news, I just completely suffered a nervous breakdown. I was hysterical almost, and if it werent for my friends, I would have probably broken a glass pane with my hand or something...

Udit is gone now. Far from reach. The last time he was concious was two days back, when they made a video of him, and all he did was ask for me and Ish. I didnt go there in person, I talked with over the phone... Yesterday, the last thing Udit heard before he drifted off into coma, was a poem I had written for him, a week back, only never to realize that that would be the last thing he would hear All I can think of now is how Udit used to cheer me up when I was down. I will never again hear his voice telling me " Besan, ye tho teek hai. Kuch nahi hoga.... Tujhe eisa hona nahi chahiye... Get out of it dear... Now up and about Shru"

Its up and about Udit, get up and come back for me...... I

'll never have him ruffle my hair up only to get chased around the school for it
I'll never see any of his witty comments, some nice and funny, and some lame on my blog.
I'll never shriek at him to get a life for irritating me.

But I really wish I could... My friend told me this, and I take it to heart..

" I agree it is depressing, to lose a loved one. Iam not gonna ask you not to cry. I am just gonna ask you not to feel guilty. After all he wouldnt want you to do so. Maybe he's still there near you, in ur heart or in the skies saying ' Besan.... Thujhe eisa hona nahi chahiye..."

Am I mad, 'cos I am not really able to thrive on the everlasting happy memories I shared with him?

As I write this, Udit is being cremated. As cliched as it sounds, I dedicate this post to Udit's memory, and to all my friends, who helped me through this... I originally posted this in my blog, but somehow, its not posting.

I just wanted to vent out somewhere... Sorry if I bored some of u with all this...

da excursion- phase II n da assignment code !!(am i crazy??)

da answer to da question above is "yes , i am crazy n in da process bcomin a lunatic da way things r goin in skool. " in da first place , da excursion was thorough enjoiment n dey reflected in da pics too .thanx to our bus driver(v actually sweared at him) n thanx a lot to ppl like sori , vikku, gokul,vichchu,jeyenth ,navneet,shreyas,kaushik n da 2 nitishes from 11d among students n ramu , uv , kpkg(chuckle chuckle) n sundari miss fer have made da excursion very memorable indeed. n den come da dreaded assignments. maths - a big flop in traditional style . no preparation as i came to chennai jus 2 hrs b4 da skool began on monday. hadnt touched da books n was a big disappointment. english went along well fer a change. but den wid compsci all condifence gathered was shattered to pieces. i mite well lose my merit card but den no regrets as ive got da great g lakshmi fer company (actually similar mistakes.both need 2 marks to thru da cut off.so if she gets marks,i spose i too will.else, both get a big jeero n end up on 13. i no im being a bit too mean to ya, lakshmi). nyway , wid shreyas in klass, deres no1 to question da authority of da csc topper. next came chemistry n along wid it came paradise. din xpect an easy paper which it turned out to b n dis will b da only paper i guess ,i can confidently expect fer more dan 20. n physics, another borin routine affair , as usual da hurryin up matters n so on.but wasnt as threatenin as c++ tho. physics over, n i thot dat was da disappointments were over. n i was wrong. den came suresh to worsen things. he caught gokul n myself chattin .he complained about gokul, myself bein extra haughty due to our knowin "evrythin"(idhu sema reelu.) den he also talked about 2 nd bench boys(jeyenth , vichchu) n a first bench girl(lakshmi ) constantly irritatin him by laughin at him n vishal raghu askin needless doubts(dis is one true inference of his). den he told ramu dat vishal n i were menaces durin his klasses. ramu in traditional style said he'd rather have a humble donkey in klass instead of arrogant proud adhibuddhisalis. n he also threatened to convert da sh in "vishal" to kk. how spontaneous can he get?? dat made my day , rite from k devarajans march past klasses in fluent english along wid da well known trio, " the three musketeers- c gnanasekaran , kalidasan n kpk ganesh" , hu r famed fer deir english to da scoldins i got from ramu sir to da tirin sleep vikku n myself gave way to durin andi's pd. but jus as i had told ls da previous day , ny day is a gud day n so wud i consider yesterday in spite of so many disappoinments. after all , wat god does is fer our gud. i no dese thathuvams can b irritatin. leartn dem thanx to "comedy king shanky", i wanna no how da b sec ppl r gonna put up wid him fer two long yrs.we cudnt stand him fer a month last yr. nice guy but has wierd thathuvams n mokkai comedies. but hes da best in da maths dept. nyway , bye fer now n keep bloggin .
luv n regards,
gv.

The week the week was..........

This week’s been the absolute worst so far, since school started. The IIT-Physics test was a colossal failure, thanks to the excursion and my preparation or lack thereof…. Was so disgusted by my mark, that I was feeling absolutely depressed, as in, suicidal depressed.


But as Swe rightly pointed out, today’s been a relief from depression as we spent the day discussing the eternal truths of life. Bio period turned me into a mushy romantic and I was dead sure that I was half in a mental delirium as we usually are after we finish writing the assignments…

The assignment week… A term that has come to be dreaded by most of us out here…. Maths went off in the most unusual manner with me forgetting basic multiplication in the middle of the assignment, resulting in one big long wrong sum. (Basic referring to the order of 608 * 1512 – though it wasn’t exactly the same)

So the PT period after the Maths assignment went in considerable agony, with me refusing to play. So I went and sat down somewhere near the smaller volleyball court. Swe, Pavi, Runi and Jaya were playing badminton and I was brooding. Margaret and Renuka came over and asked me why I wasn’t playing and I told them that I wasn’t feeling well. Swe coming up innovatively with ingenious ideas told her I sprained my ankle… They told me to remove my shoe and in the process found out that I wasn’t wearing school socks… Strike 1

Margaret twisted my leg around so much that I started to scream in real agony considering the fact that I have very fragile joints… Uggghhhh… It was pure torture and I was sure that I probably sprained my ankle after that…

Biology was by far the crappiest performance along with Chemistry. Studied totally for about an hour for both and went and wrote the asst with faceless courage… Not bad for what I prepared but I don’t think I will be anywhere near the 22’s and 23’s in class…

Physics and English were the easiest and hopefully I should get a decent score on both. As far as physics was concerned, I had written some kind of a formula sheet for reference partly because my class work was absolutely crappy and partly because I needed it for an old friend.

Pradhum came across this one and told me that he needed to Xerox it. Slowly this spread and almost everyone had a copy of this except me… L

But the funniest part was teaching AK, Ajay and Swe Vectors… Me and Swe were already at our all time high, and teaching vectors just got a lot more rounds of laughter… And then of course, there was EG period in which the physics problems were dictated… By the time the class was over, we were literally on the floor laughing…. The hole through the paper and the ball through the wall indeed, ( I guess non-bio students wouldn’t understand what I am saying but nevertheless, eternal truths of life) And of course, I wasted no time letting the poet in me get the better of me, whether or not it turned out to be for the better is yet another question... But the whole thing came to a classic halt with me and Swe taking turns and irritating Pavi by singing " One Love " and " Bheegi Bheegi Rathon Mein "

Today was simply superb. To hell with Maths, and to hell with Biology… We spent the whole time chatting away to glory, with Shanky remarking once in a while that we shouldn’t “talk while copying and that we should understand and then copy” Classic comedy should be the name of this class….

Meanwhile, I am yet to prepare even a word of the 4 essays I gotta be writing for my oratorical next Sunday. Drug abuse presentation next week… Life’s “la tortura”


P.S – Swe, “Hips don’t lie” da... U get the drift?

Well, off now...

~ Shru ~

da gr8st excursion in a long time

da excursion was gr8. no easier words to describe. da awesome trip we had to salem . after dat slight advices wid all parents, chattin wid sum others n den vikkus hot breads pack , it was a nice sleep at 12. but den sori , pradhum n satyaki woke us up singin da immortal "bheegi bheegi " like drunkards rite in da mornin at 4.45 .den we had some fun wid satyakis pics in da previous skool last yr.salem awesome climate , n b8r was yercaud. our van group was da best (sori,arj,vikku,gokul,navnee,bk,vichchu,jeyenth,sudarshan , sharath , rajaganesan , naren ,srinath n last but not least ramamurthy sir.he was da best teacher in da excursion ,kalaichufyin n takin care of evrybody dere. he'd b da last teacher to get into a van n so we'll b da last to reach ny place( ironically v were van 1).da driver was a "gone case". havin no gud cds n a vcd n audio player but not a mp3 one. ramu was kindal adichufied by evry1 , da main ones bein jeyenth n kau. once , jeyenth was like "namma bus conductorukku oru o pondungappa" n v replied wid an "o" . v also increasd tension levels askin him if his ipod was a sevuttu machine n he replied in da affirmative. n as shruthi had mentiond , da guys ramamurthy sir had "helped" out wid da monkeys were vikku,arj n myself. we took 15 mins to reach their room from da parapet wall outside. inside my room were kau n navnee hu were sleepin peacefully ,little knowin bout da 100 monkeys outside our room (dis was as my room n vikku's room were next to each other.) ramamurthy sir tried to show off wid ," dont annoy , i say!!" n dialogues like "learn to handle situations" n he came back afraid after seein a monkey himself. twas sema fun .dat too wid him n his dialogues like " ill screw u." one guy even said " ill take ur kneecaps n give dem in ur hand" rite in front of sir. other sources of fun was watchin sivakaasi wid uv n ramu sir. sori , me , gokul ,vichchu n company were laughin from da last row at uv's reactions to certain scenes. ramu sir was pretty ok wid dem. another source of fun was football which we played n i badly injured myself . it still pains a lot.uv knows to b g8 at insts n so SHE was at th boni with that vazhiyal cas. k i gotta go thu csc. to b cont .
gv.

Wow...Did UV really say that?

The excursion was truly a wonderful experience, Yercaud especially the hotel was simply fab. My full review is coming up soon. But I just wanted to post this stray incident. During the return journey, half the guys were playing Truth or Dare (I was playing "sorry") and Ganapathy's dare was to take a photo sitting next to UV and he did that in style. Later after having the wonderful (cerelac?) Thayir Sadham I had to go to the tap at the far end to wash my hand and kept my hand down to avoid brushing others with Curd and UV too was walking towards me. She moved left and I left, when I tried right, she too right. She stared at me for a second and then asked me with a grin "Ennada adutha dare unnka" (Is this the next dare for you?). Being a newbie to PS, I had been fed with a whole array of interesting UV stories and incidents, so this really shocked me.

UV actually kalaychified me and thsi incident gave me quite a shock. ;)

New Blogger Abroad!

Priory de Seniors, the vision of our fine leader Vikku V. has now get a new blogger - me, Shreyas. For those who don't know me, I'm S.Shreyas a.k.a (Popularly known as) Chrono Cr@cker, a new entrant to P.S this year and a faithful XI A'er. My main interests include technology, computers and gadgets - a geek to the core. Besides that, I also love fiction and good music and challenging puzzles, trivia, problems and used to collect Stamps, Coins, and all the rest. I've been blogging for about 7-8 months and my personal blog is @ http://chronotron.wordpress.com. (Check out my Orkut Profile for more!)

Vignesh actually invited me long, long ago but being a faithful Wordpress fan, I didn't join. But now that I was re-pointed towards this, I can't miss all the action, can I? I know most of the guys and girls blogging, so hopefully we'll gel as a team pretty well as L.S Miss puts it across or integrate better (for the math guys!). My favorite subjects are Computer Science (duh!) and Math,Physics!

Sorry if this post was boring or ego-istic, but I'm just me! Now, let's get this thing started.

Land Ahoy!!!!!

The much awaited excursion has come to an end. I had this post up by yesterday night, but the stupid current went off and my laptop wasnt charged... Had to save it elsewhere, and its taken me a freaking whole hour to locate it.

The train journey was quite fun. When we boarded the train, me, Sharadha, Lakshmi, Pavi, Swetha were alone in the boy dominated compartment. Runi was left alone in the other one... So Swe and Pavi went there to give her company till the train started. I found out that Lakshmi's grandfather knew my mom for abt 15 or so years, which turned out pretty interesting...

Well, suddenly KPKG and Rammurthy came up to our bay and asked us to take our bags and follow him and so we did. While we were halfway through, KPKG asks us to go back. We were walking back and forth in the compartment, when the teachers came up with a brilliant idea and shifted alll the boys in this compartment to the other one, and all the girls here.

While at it, we somehow settled. I wanted the upper berth.... It was agreed that me, Lakshmi and Sharadha will take the three berths, two in the actual bay and the one in the side. It just happens to be my luck, Laksh went off to sleep at 12. And Sharadha wasted no time in climbing up too. I was stuck in the side berth, with UV in the berth below me :((:((:((:((

We had quite some fun, playing for some time. I just cudnt sleep... The berth was too small for me... I was practically curled over, cos there wasnt enough leg room at all. To top that, Srinivasan and Rammurthy were constantly there near my berth, using their hands as leverage on my berth to bend down and talk to UV.. It was already too small for me, and with their hands there I had practically no space.. Plus, with all the confusion, it was around 2 when they finally left. But by then, I was too hungry, and the lack of any Dairy Milks nearby was killlling me... Thankfully Sharadha was awake too, and she had some choco chip cookies with her. So there we were at 2, having choco cookies and kurkure.

Then suddenly Swetha's alarm started ringing. Pavi, who was peacefully asleep till then, just got up..

" Endha nayoda cell phone di adhu? Switch it off" and she went back to sleep. It was bloody hilarious, cos Swe kinda just jolted awake... Well, before we knew it, it was 4. All the others were sleeping. Me n Laksh, got up. We were about to go back to sleep, when someone switched the damn tubelight on, there went any chances of sleeping.... So, we went and brushed our teeth, washed our faces and came back after half an hr, cos of all the commotion that was there near the wash basin.

I tried waking Sharadha by calling her,, by tickling her..... And the only response I got was a kick and she turned and went back to sleep.

As we arrived at Salem Junction, the smell was so nauseating that it took me about an hour to finally become normal again.... The bus journey up hill was pretty dizzy as far as I can remember. Was feeling pretty sick actually, cos of the empty stomach...

All I remember clearly was AK and Ajay imitating the Orbit White ad...

As we reached Sterling, most of the people in my van were all taking out their jerkins and jackets and all cos of the cold.

We got room number 405, which turned out to be pretty cool. Like what Vignesh posted, this place was heaven when compared to the hotel room we had last year.

I went in to take bath first, and got hit by a shower of colllllddd water... Freeezzzinng, absolutely freezing. Took me a few mins to get over it.

Having been to Yercaud, 4 times already, I didnt really find anything remotely interesting as far as the places were concerned. The most fun we had, was during the bus rides and of course in the hotel.

The first day was pretty fine. One thing I gotta mention here is the food. It was really good, again as compared to the previous year.

There werent any teachers in my van, so it was pretty noisy. We saw gilli, which was crappy.... AK got Love Actually and Troy, and all the time was spent as to which movie to see, so we never saw the movie at all....

After we came back from lunch, all my friends had gone to another room. I wanted to charge my cell phone, so I came back to our room and was in the process of plugging in the charger, when someone rang the bell.. Went out to see who was there.. Aishwarya was asking me to come and take a pic of her, in the balcony. Was about to go in and take the room key, when I spotted a monkey there in the corridor. It was just sitting there so I just turned around. Gut feeling told me to turn back, and the monkey started chasing me...

I was so damn terrified.. TERRRIFFIED... I ran till the end of the corridor, would have come to a dead end if I had run even an inch more... But thanfully it just turned and went away..

By God, I was so damn scared that my heart almost stopped for a minute. But by this time, my room door had slammed shut with the key inside. So I went and asked for a master key in the reception, when Rammurthy spotted me n asked for the reason.

As I told him, he started to laugh manically... Was so affronted... And someone walked by then, dont remember who, and Ramu went to that guy, whoever he was and started narrating what happened. He then proceeded to give me a nice narrative of how the monkey chased some other guys... And how he had to go all the way till their room and open it for them to go inside....
Somehow the word spread to Srinivasan sir too, and throughout the trip there onwards, both of them were teasing me... In local language "kalaichifying"..

The bus rides were pretty funny, with Satyaki trying to dance and Pradhum assisting him and all that. AK was arguing about "Hips dont lie" and Shakira, and it turned out to be really humourous

The campfire was pretty decent. I gotta admit, Madurai Meeta Sundarapandian, wouldnt have been my first guess, but it was cool. .And The naked gun 33 1/3 the final insult, was a pretty good movie too....

But overall, UV was sooooo biased...

Will post the pics with the next post.....

Shru

Best excursion ever - trip to Yercaud

On Thursday night, we left Chennai via Central station to Salem.
The teachers accompanying us were:
Mr. Ramu (A)
Subashini (B)
Srini (C)
Sundari (D)
UV (11th in-charge)
KPK (jalra)

:P

The train ride was good at first, when all of us were nearby. But then, the whole group got scattered. I couldn't catch any proper sleep there, especially after seeing sparks inside the fan next to me. (I was in the upper berth)

By the time we reached Salem it was so cold that I had to wear my jacket (atleast for me, it was cold) ... then we left to Yercaud via van. There were fifteen of us in our van.
Me
Shridhar
Arjun
Gokul
BK
Chappli
Navneeth
Rohit
Sreenath
Sudarshan
Vichu
Sharth
Jeyenth
Raja
Naren

I still don't know why Mr. Ramu was acting like he was in-charge telling all the vans what to do and getting in on our van the last. Maybe it's cause UV is too immobile.
The uphill journey was pretty head-spinning... and finally we reached our hotel. The hotel was excellent ... comparing this with last year's "Mysore Palace" or whatever, Mysore Palace was SHIT. We went to have breakfast. The best thing there was Pal Payasam ... I loved it. :)

Then, we were in our rooms for a while, where we took bath, watched TV, etc.
It's not even 2 days, and I forget in what order these happened. I guess we went to that Anna Park for a minute, after which we were sent off to some forest-ish garden. Me, Rohit and BK went up those rocky trails and all towards one side end. Pretty scary with so many insects around.

Then we again went to the Anna Park for the drivers' lunches. There we all had corn and bajji. Back in our hotel after having lunch, something super comical happened.

Our (me, shri, arj, gok) and chappli's (chappli, bk, dk, navneeth) rooms were slightly lower than the rest of the rooms, which we that was a good thing to enjoy the view. That's not a good thing, that's a bad thing cause there were MONKEYS all over the place.
We got scared of them, but Mr. Ramu tried to send us to our rooms, as a monkey tried to scream at us and chase us!!! He told us not to run (WTF can you do if you see some 20 monkeys?) and somehow managed to send us in. We saw those monkeys scratching, doing acrobatics and um... something else too.

Me, Arjun and Chappli were the only ones in our rooms hiding from the monkeys. Why should we have all the fun? So we called Vichu and Jeyenth there. Vichu ran away near the turning itself, but Jeyenth came alone. He left again also. Then I sent SOS SMSs to Sudarshan, GL, AK and Pradhum. Then Jeyenth, Vichu and Sharth came along. We had some fun with Chappli, his cell and a voice mail-box. Then Sudarshan, Vijay, Rohit and Sreenath also came down. We were all trapped for a while, but later managed to get out.

I think we went up to the bonfire next.... it was pretty stupid too. Us boys had to sit right next to the fire and my hair got full of ash -_-
Atleast UV was on our side.... the best part of the "games" we played there.
That guy who organized is one vazhiyal case...
The first game was some crappy game, in which UV helped us by suggesting strategies and all, but we still lost... Pepsi > Coke ... Blue > Red
Then we played a game of Dumb C... t'was fun
We got some movies like Poison Ivy: The Last Seduction and all, which in the first place is WRONG!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_Ivy:_The_New_Seduction
It's NEW not LAST.
Bloody girls, can't even get their movies right.

We retalliated by giving Naked Gun 331/3: The Final Insult, which I thought no one would know, but got PWN'ed. The game ended in a draw. Then came the tie-breaker during the extra time, which AGAIN ended in a draw.

Then we went to have dinner. Then was the best part. Since we shifted our bed (the one on the floor) from our room to Vichu's room thinking that we'll sleep there to be safe from the monkeys, we had no bed. Then we decided to go to AK's room... this was the best part... their room was so separated that Mr. Ramu did not even know about it!!!!

We arattai-adichified there... me, shri, arj, gok, ak, pradhum, satya and aj. We ordered room service and all for Coke then saw E-C-Dubya!!!
RVD vs. Kurt Angle FTW!!!!

But the strangest part of this was Sharan getting Satyaki's number and knowing I was with him and calling ME!!! o_0

We played a bit of cards, but then eventually slept off [Shridhar (the elephant) was sleeping along with me, ak and aj (the sticks) in the bed according to Satyaki]

We woke up and left to our rooms where we got delayed taking bath. We rushed to eat breakfast again and then left to those Seats. On the way, there was a huge demand for Cadbury's Diary Milk. (which I must say am eating at 4:30 in the morning ... yep that's right ... I've been writing this since 1 AM!!!!)

Then we went back to the hotel and left for Salem. The trip was pretty nauseating, with Jeyenth throwing up. After reaching the station, something super funny happened.

Srikrishna, KS and Siddartha were near a coffee stall. A beggar approached them.

Beggar: Could you buy me some coffee (IN ENGLISH!!!)
S/KS/S: o_o
Beggar: I'm an intergalactic space traveller. Today I'm in Milky Way, tomorrow I'll be in Andromeda
S/KS/S: o_0

They then recited the story to us, and then tried to show that guy to me, but the guy had vanished.
All of us: 0_0

The train journey was pretty cool...
First I was playing cards with Arj, Rohit, Shri, Nitish, Shreyas, Prasadh, Narayanan and DK.
Then I was hearing songs with the Zombie.
Then stupid Mr. Ramu made me sit with them girls.
Then I sneaked back in to the other end and played Dumb C.

I gotta admit, I finally found someone who's as good as me (if not better) in guessing movies: PRADHUM!!!!
Me, Arj, Vijay, Gok, (Naren || AK) vs. Shri, Pradhum, Satya, AJ

was really good. Then we finally came back to Central, where I went off to the other end again and was talking to Chappli. I guess I was the first one to step out of the train!! :D


We all split up after that, and as usual, I came online as soon as I reached. ;)
I was transferring the video to my comp as I started to write this post... which started at 1 AM and ends now at 4 AM!!!!!

I HATE CHEMISTRY

doesnt everyone? the chem lab s now the most dreaded place on earth right now... nobody has any proper idea of whats going on and its all pellmell there!!! and as my brother said....it all started with....jaya...
well...this may take a while
i have a gazillion complaints about that place -_-;;
-______-;;
anyway...
pb(no3)2 sucks...worst salt i ever came across till now (just two right? lol) golden spangles ay be cute....but thats about it! -_-;;
i never got any brown gas
i never got feso4 turning any other colour
and my brown ring ... well... it was brown...but thats abt it...
and jaya kept screaming at me along with sudha....they alternated at killing my confidence...
but what kept me going till lunch...well...even past lunch was possibly the image of andy trying to beat sandu up with a test tube holder :))
i almost died from the face mask and breathing my own co2 -_-;;
STUPID USELESS CHEM LAB!
i mixed up all the experiments...i was totally confused...made a million mistakes and got scolded for each of them...i have no confidence about that place now
and jaya...i'd gladly strangle her now .... that is...if someone already hasnt...she sounds like someone did....my bro keeps joking that she drank HCL....(wonder if its true :)) )
overall...the bst person in the lab is ANDY....she never screams if u dont get a result...she'll actually try and help you u....whereas SUDHA...i'd kill her too...if she wasnt an inferius already...
SHE IS A HORRIBLE HORRIBLE LADY!
KILL KILL KILL
and whatsup with the lab coats n lab towels n lab masks n lab whatevers
by the time we get our act together and our paraphernelia....jaya's counting the seconds and SCREAMING AT YOU WITH THAT GOD AWFUL VOICE OF HERS....
aw heck....
i hate the chem lab....the physics lab is a far far better place to be
U CANT DO GOLMAAL WITH CHEM IF U DONT KNOW HOW!
but u can always do golmaal in physics :D
which is why i prefer the physics lab...
and i so i end my rant with a sad fact tat none of us started lunch till 12-15 pm and barely had time to eat it before ramu came running along to take attendance half day -_-;;
ta ta...
v.s

A guest visits...

hi all. am vasundhara's brother who passed his class XII exams in 2003 (yes,i saw that passed out gag coming). disclaimer: the following experiments were tried succesfully by me in the chem lab, but on no account should any of you try any of it.. they are a lot stricter now! and some of them may end up hurting you.. so i repeat.. dont try it.(its not that deadly, but dont do it anyway).

so there was jaya, screaming at me as usual .. it all started when i lit a matchstick when kicha was explaining safety procedures during the first lab class. it didnt help that some handy chemicals was nearby, so ever since then jaya has had it in her head to blame me. as i was saying, jaya was shouting about using too much reagent, so i thought i would do a side experiment and try to make her turn purple. enter NaHCO3 and aqua regia. wow,that test tube did a dance before it burst..

location 2: i messed up "accidentally" some dye we were supposed to get and made glue (i still dont know how) instead. so after i made the dye, went and poured it down the sink, and guess what! glue actually blocks up those pathetic little holes they call drain covers. the chem lab got a shiny new permanent sink plug that day, which i heard they later removed. (you are supposed to pour the dye outside,not in the sink, for your info). then there was the time when H2S didnt work (that damn kipps apparatus, i heard they havent changed it at all). so Aandi, my fav. teach at the chem dept, gave me NH4HS solution, which is like magic potion for cation testing (ask for it, it gives gr8 results). unfortunately i had the misfortune of jaya looking at me when pouring, and as i was returning the glare, i sort of poured it on some of aandi's books! wow, there were a lot of cations in her together with chemistry edition,i'll say that. for a lot more stories abt how my friends and i had fun in the chem lab both in school and in college, all you need to do is respond to this post. no responses and i will take it that it is no longer an interesting topic. no hard feelings,either. cheers, ananth
!disclaimer:do not try it at all!

The Bigger Bang

Assignment week turned out to be the first heart attack(among many more to come). The week after that, is proving to be worse, and of course the marks are here

Maths wasnt as bad as I expected it to be. Got 21. Its fairly decent I guess, but for the problem on the circumcentre, where I took a side which wasnt mentioned in the problem and hence the 4 marks.... If only I had read the question properly I could have scored better. But introspection is getting me nowhere

English was pretty good. Lost 3 marks only in word limit. Well, we cant get 25 in it. So its ok I guess.

Chemistry = Disaster

The lowest I've scored in Chemistry till date. Never gotten below 20 so far... It was a pretty huge shock. But then again, I guess, the merit card remains... I shouldnt crib.

Last year, when they announced the first list, Krishnan sir had come to class. He called me and a friend and said, " Very good. You've gotten it in the first list, you definitely wont find it difficult to pass next year!"

And all we did at that time was laugh. Now I realize what he meant. Though 11th isnt really as mortifying as the seniors made it out to be, as in, failing the first assignment with a 7 on 25 or something like that, it still remains a big jump from tenth.

Onto better topics like school and football...

School is pretty monotonous nowadays. The only periods we really look forward to are the WE and PT periods.. .And of course recess time is absolutely worth it

A typical day begins with last minute reminders about homework and observation work etc. The remaining time before the start of the day is usually spent out of class, chatting with friends or most likely, sharing biology woes.

Then Subhshini maam comes to take attendance and finding all of us out of our places, some out of the class room, and the eternal state of disarray, orders us to calm down and finally walks out of class

Maths, begins with the great teacher strolling into class and immediately, we start writing notes.. And occassionally a sum here or there. And of course, how can one forget the jokes he makes? The so called jokes rather. But one positive aspect is, the boys bear the brunt of the cruelty, and we girls are fortunately spared, even though we are subject to some amount of torture, with his usual, "Oh my god, Allah Jesus, Krishna" rant....


Physics is pretty interesting. Shivkumar sir has a way with his words. His class is interesting to say the least. There never is a dull moment. Usually it begins, with him asking N.Kaushik to get up and keep his lunch bag in the shelf...... Then if anyone proceeds to ask a question without getting up, his response is something along the lines of "Stop pulling a Kaushik on me"

Chemistry is fine... Atomic Structure, molarity, molality, all sounds the same to me. We usually use the period to catch up with homework, as is Maths. But somehow, manage to keep the cw up to date!!!

Biology... The class meant for pure torture. Today, I really dozed off during class. I stayed that way for a good 10 minutes, before Naren spotted me snoozing and prodded me with a scale till I woke up. And it didnt help matters any that he slept just minutes after that. I tried waking him up after the class had ended, poked him with a bloody steel scale, but I guess the boy can sleep through an earthquake. I had to retort to wacking him on his head, and when he gets up, he had the guts to ask me if the teacher had left. Bloody self centred hypocrite...

The Bio period always passes in extreme boredom, so me n Sharadha spent the rest of the class, pointing out various leaves and trees that we could see outside the window to the teacher and asking her if they were the same variety as she was explaining to us. She wasnt really happy when we pointed out to a mango tree and asked if it were an australian acacia, but well, it served the purpose ;)

Its really hard to just keep your eyes open in class. Or otherwise, we utilize the time for playing games, and catching up on our lost sleep. But that latter is made impossible. Patricia somehow finds a way to catch me dozing off. :(( In Chitra's class, this is absolutely impossible as she always starts directing questions towards anyone who is about to fall into the blissful realm of sleep

She is another story altogether. In her class, we get to do or watch presentations on useful and highly interesting topics like AIDS, HIV awareness, what the difference between being a HIV +ve patient and an AIDS patient is, Drug abuse, peer pressure and how it lead to drug abuse, alocholism, smoking among teens and all other innovative topics.....

Practicals are pretty decent as compared to theory classes. We go about scooping potatoes to make osmometers, and all the while me and Pavi were engaged in a deep conversation about how it would be if the potato was replaced by a frog. Sick, I know......

The osmometer is supposed to be a scooped potato, in which we fill in sugar solution and mark the level with a pin. Then later we can observe that the sugar solution level has increased or something like that. I wasnt really all that attentive, actually. But it was fun scooping the potato. And Pavi, continued to freak me out, by offering vivid descriptions of how it would be if we were scoopin the intestines of a frog. ~shudders~

The sugar solution level, in the osmometer which we made, didnt raise as expected to. Unfourtanately, the whole solution had spilt down into the petre dish, thanks to the hole in the potato that we made by scrapping it toooo much....

But other than all this, foot ball was a lifeline and now that its gonna end this Sunday, we are clinging onto the thoughts of excursion to get us through....

Wimbledon is progressing pretty good this time too! It was pretty shocking to watch Mauresmo slaughter Sharapova. But, by God, that woman's got a powerful drive.

Well, off now..... I had this post all written out yesterday, but damn the server, it never published. The title alone got published. Successfully installed broadband in my house today, after such a long time. Hope the server doesnt hang up on me this time!

A typical day in 11 A

Usually, I'm the first one to arrive to school.

Basically each period is the exact same EVERY freakin day.

Maths - KS Suresh comes ... speaks thathuvam... says he doesnt know anything ... says we know everything. Only 2 things happen in maths period.
Case 1: Someone asks a doubt
Chappli answers it, and doesnt let Sir do his job.
Case 2: That someone is Chappli
Sir compliments him for his idea and tells him to try his method out...

Physics - Last benchers will be laughing at every sound she makes.
Starting with what Vichu pointed out - "Say goodmorning" she never wishes anyone... she orders us.
Hyuh for here... then in the middle of something huge "I need your silence" "Stop talking"
"Jeero" "Dizit" "At about the" "Uh the" "Suzzat"
Still cant control my laughter.

Chemistry - Andi will put blade. She will raise her hands atleast 10 times per class and ask us to if we understood. And the usual grammatically incorrect "Am I make myself clear?"

Computer Science - Whenever I see Mr.Ramu laugh, I have this sudden urge to laugh. His face looks so funny. His period is the most worthwhile period in 11th. Still it's hard to control laughing to the onomotopaeia he makes. "Value"

Comp. Sci. Practicals - Chappli is a pretty good partner. His maths and my logic creates "MAGIC" :P . Only problem with him is he spits on my face! And he has an infatuation for putting a ":" in EVERY DAMN program. Plus he doesn't agree with my Brute force method (also known as some Brkfaodjsagsy principle or something) [go read Digital Fortress].


Chemistry lab - Shridhar gets picked on by Andi inevitably. The lab assistant thinks she owns the place.

Physics lab - Super blade, esp. calculations.

WE - We've never had one... since our Physics/Chemistry teachers will take the period for giving sums. And to think Babu has never entered our class!

PT - Usual basketball... miss the old days... old team...
Shrids, Arj, Gokul, Amogh, Me vs. Jeyenth, Swami, Kritthi, Vichu, Adi, JS has now been replaced with
Shrids, Arj, Gokul, Narendar, Sandeep, Me vs. Jeyenth, Vijay, Sudarshan, Vichu and I seem to be forgetting someone ...

English - I almost forgot we had this <_< esp. since LS doesn't bother to come and stop by our class any more. o_0

I think that sums up every single day in 11 A.

PS: My quiz team is going for the SSK culturals and if Ane's word is good, Vanavani also.
PPS: Learn some formatting, Chappli!

an awesome week ahead.

Today was kinda borin in skool , dat too after i had come here expectin an awesome week. andi killd us wid all kinds of stinks in da chem lab today. i still do feel skools gonna b gr8 wid da intramurals , ssk culturals n last but not least da gr8 teachers of klass 10 a.deres no pd like dat of suresh.i can bet ny1 in ps dat dere isnt a better blade in skool. "u ppl think u no evrything. swami vivekananda has said dat one hu thinks he nos evrythin is a fool. lord buddha taught his students dis lesson dat lesson.u ppl will learn evrything in mk klass n come n act as if u r gr8.how many of u go to iit??(!!!)u ppl learn evrything in iit(??) n come n act as if u no evrythin. dis has been learnt by many ppl so many times b4 u.even ramanujam learnt all dis but he faild in klass 10.u shud b humble.not proud.especially aadhithyan n kaushik.u shudnt ask how 2 parabolas make an ellipse."dis kinda stuff is done evry class on a mega scale.his is a klass full of jokes being cracked n laughter .he at times mite even make u cry with his mokkai thatuvams. n there is da gr8 andi. how many of u understood? a question which comes up evry 10 minutes. da traditional aandi symbol. n along wid dis she answers doubts asked by students only to deepen deir confusions in da area. chitra ma'am is one of nice teachers.she is actually a transition teacher. u do sumthin worthy in her klasses but u hav equal amount of fun wid her.da reason is she takes evrythin fer fun.da main reason being da englipis in da "ps senior physics dept." . u can stop ponderin unsuccessfully over how chitra miss gets to say her disits n jeeros ferfectly n fluently without even a smile on her face every second time. da only pd where kaushik tries to play da fool n finally ends up being declared da fool by ma'am. ramamurthi sir is simply awesome n he is 1 hu can seriously lift da spirits of da klass in ny situation. humour plays an imp role in his klasses fer sure. ls hmmm........ does she evr come to klass? yup she does. 40 mins after bell.5 min to drink water n compose herself. 5 mins to talk bout da poem,lesson or watevr.dats it. da bell goes off. skools borin.n as lakshmi n shruthi said,da next on my priority list is da excursion. i spose its gonna rock n is gonna b gr8 fun.hope we're back here late on 15th nite. as far is fifa is concerned ,ive lost interest wid da kickout of brazil(cheers sandu n others). im not nyway watchin da semis n stand a remote chance of reachin out fer my remote on sunday nite fer da finals. im actually exaggeratin.not dat much of hatred towards other teams,but yes dere is some amount of hatred. but im seriously feelin gr8 bout da win of india oer da windies.but da worst part is dat i cudnt watch da full match dat nite.nyway, all good dat goes gud.da assgs r over.not very scared bout dem now coz im not givin dem a damn as of rite now.i no ill pass in evrythin n dats wat i need.i think i must b borin evry1 wid such a big post now but im jus doin wat v v askd me to today afternoon(sorry yaar).nyway, gotta go guys.keep postin.
luv n regards,
chappli aka gv.

Wat a *@!#$%^&* Day

Well....I was lookn fwd to skool today but after just 15mins after steppin into the friggin skool evrythn went horribly wrong. Call it 15mins of fame or wateva (dis was the time dat I heartily irritated evry dick joe n pete in the class as France bt Brazil thnks to *cough* cough* a goal from THIERRY HENRY !!!!) but as soon as PHY class started ...I had a gut feel dat dis was gona b a loooongggg day. Fortunately or unfortunately for me...my gut feeln is alwayz rite. Ok bak to the topic...PHY class totally put me off which isnt surprisin for I DINT A DAMN THING SHE TAUGHT [:(((((((((] AS in most stories I thot dat it cudnt get any worse ....and wat do u kno .....it did !! And I m not talkn abt CHEM class here...coz uhh..umm I actually enjoyed it doin absolutely nothn lol !! But in the 3rd period my prediction came true. Though I enjoyed the CHEM practical class...I still managed to burn myself by doin sumthn dat only a klutz like me wud. And dat was not all...I somehow managed to pour H2S04 onto my fingers.....CONC.H2S04 !!!! HOLY SHIT !!! All I felt was a burnin sensation for the 1st 10 secs and then nothn !! NO hydration of skin or anythn. AS far as I kno theres only one possible explanation.....da H2S04 wasnt as concentrated as teh teachers billed it to be (after all its our skool teachers hu prepared the "Conc.H2S04" soo ...its obvious dat its not 98% H2S04 n 2% H20 ^_^) After the Chem class it was lunch and thankfully the 2nd half of skool wasnt rly dat bad.

But after skool v had intramurals ....and unsurprisingly *cough cough* I was in the Basket Ball team. First match was Sapphire Vs Topaz and Sapphire just managed to nick dis one which in itself is a disgrace coz they shud hav thrashed topaz wid the team dat they had. The next one was Ruby Vs Emerald. Suckishly I was made to sit out the first half but credit to the mates bein 3 pts up thnkx to a suckish performance by the boys in Emerald. The 2nd half begun well wid me enterin the match. But , once again evrythn seemed to go wrong and dat too in the final min of the match wen Emerald managed to grap teh equaliser forcn the game into extra time. Once again in ET v begun well, gettn a comfy lead but somehow, someway they reduced our lead to withn a point and v ended up losn the match in the final few secs [:XXX] Emerald went berserk, the guy hu scored the winner was an instant hero ...and Ruby went mad wid rage and evry1 blamed it on Aravind for not playn like a "team man"(well he dint rly make it a point to pass ...tried to get glory for himself but he was still the best on the court by a mile)

WELL there u go --- A SUCKISH endin to an absolutely sucky day. But there was one thing dat I realised ( n dat too while I was typin dis SUCKISH blog) ---apart from bein infatuated wid the words ALPHA , BETA , DELTA , GAMMA , THETA , OMEGA n ULTIMA I m also deeply attracted to dis word ---SUCKISH !!!! Lol

Wow !! Wat a rant. So until next time(dont ask me wen coz I rly dunno..it cud b next week or next month) .. adios

Dis suckishly suckish blog was brought to u by teh sand man..
*booga booga booga*

Assignment or Assasination?

The first assignment of the new year was positively crappy. Crappy being the understatement of the millenium.

Maths went on pretty ok for what I had expected. Without the text book that too. It doesnt help that most of the problems came from the text book.

Chemistry was the true assassination. Crappy paper. Incorrigible performance. Would be a good miracle if I got more than 20. Hopefully I shouldnt lose my merit card over this.

Physics was pretty decent. One silly mistake. Thats all. So shouldnt lose more than a couple of marks hopefully getting in and around 20.

Biology... That was by far the most disgusting, even after so many hours of reading, it was a total blank out at one point. Couldnt remember a word. Took some time to realize that I was wasting time,before I proceeded with the other questions

The first assignment was as disastorous as Krishnan sir had put it to us last year. " Good ma. You've gotten in in the first list. You can definitely pass your assignments next year"

And to think that I was thinking that he was kidding all the while..

Class is pretty fun actually.

Shanky on one hand, remains unbeaten. And on the other hand, we have the students. Ani papa for example, got up to ask permission for drinking water in chemistry class and successfully managed to get a lecture from her about discipline and decorum thus putting an end to all of us drinking water in class

Waiting for the excursion... thats the only good thing in school at the moment and at the same time dreading my marks

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