New Year Updates..

Seems like i am out of the "writer's block" (as a frnd says), so here's some crap to bother u with..



Its been about 60 calendar days into the new year. Here are some of those "special moments 2007"..


1. CAT 2006 was more or less a failure, a percentile that could have at best resulted in an MDI call, which doesnt seem to be materialising because of "administrative reasons". Wish i had spent those 20 man days on something better!!


2. My parents think that i cannot study at a stretch for more than an hour and more interestingly, i am a kid with weird ideas. Unfortunately, they are right!!


3. This is our last year in college and guess what..we didnt end up winning the sports championship this time..Phew Phew!!


4. Watching movies and telivision series is all i have been doing for the past month and a half. Worse, i realized about an hour back, have sub-consciously started calling my computer a "TV" ;) !!


5. My Btech Project. Well, those who know me well, wouldn't want me to talk about it. The visionary that i am(indeed blushing :D ), i ended up chosing a project that is too big and complex to be called a btech project and is actually nothing less than a full blown research project. Well, Mr. Arpit, if u work for about 30-40 seconds a day, any damn project can become a "full blown research project". And if that isnt enough, the kind of chemistry we(the BTP team) share with our mentor, makes it all the more better. During the past six months, we have been to her chamber atleast 50 times(we ve been needing some help),only to find her "bijjy" in some "other important work".
And whenever she finds us doing some other work, doesnt spare an oppurtunity to take a dig at us..Be it at the food court..be it in the labs or be it even in the examiniation hall!!Thank God..she cannot find me in the loo ;) (or so i rather hope...lol)..Infact once, seeing me from a distance, she called me and asked me sarcastically if she knew me..I said no and ran away :D
The last time, it took us about two hours to find her and when we did, the tables had turned, the equations had changed..she was the one who was suposed to do all the talking as if she hadnt tasted blood for days..the only thing missing was a whip in her hands.."You Kaamchors...better work...i dont care about the methodology...forget about the help...i just want results...results(grr)...Kaam nahin karoge to bamboo doongi"..Now i was stumped..i am known to maintain equanimity, but this was too much..."You being such an insincere faculty youself, what kind of effort can u expect from us..nd u wouldnt help us..You are a burden on the college..you are a liaility to us..the sloth that you are, u dont deserve to be our mentor..We disown u"I did not say. Instead the 'shameless' Arpit resurfaced and said "Oh..okk ma'am".And Pamba rounded it off with that perfect smile"Thank you Ma'am"
What the ****!!



6. I am a sadist and nothing gives me more joy than people reading a bad book and throwing their hands up in despair. So why not be a author and wreak havoc on mankind!! Sadly, i am stuck..not much progress there as well!!


7. Last time, when i was returning from home, my railway ticket was deemed to be transferred to the next day.And since, my presence in the college was inevitable the next day, i had to sit inside the pantry..yes..the pantry car.So now u know, the title of my forthcoming book :12 Hours in a furnace!!!!! Grrrrr........


8.I have this nack of getting involved in too many things..And the incorrigble freak that i am, m tempted to undertake the responsibilities time and again. So here was I, talking to the Placement Officer, explaining him that we were running behind schedule and we better get serious. This was supposed to be a pretty serious conversation. All of a sudden he asked "Arpit do u believe in Astrology"@#$%^U&&*^%$!#@$%^&%^W#Q$%^$#
I was bewildered..took me a while to understand the question, resulting in a subdued no from me..Despite that, he took out a notebook, started to me explain me the various planet formations and the impact they create..that Mercury was governing him and his life was in a mess..talked about his family, his professional and social life...Btw, i didnt interrupt him for i thought he might start crying ns silling the beans might atleast help him feel better...four hours later, he said "You are a very good listener!!" and let me go..



9.You know, i could have been hogging the media limelight..could have been the media's "darling",but i missed the oppurtunity and i am glad i did.Well this transpired about 2 weeks back.We had nothing better to do,so Manish and me decide to put a Proffesor's bike we had, to the best of use and visited the Akshardhaam. Akshardhaam is a full fledged fort now..with an entire batallion of CRPF..i never knew that we have started taking terrorists so seriously ;)
We got thru the first few security checks and i was bein thoroughly frisked at the last one...perhaps "thoroughly" is just an euphemism..and on the contrary, Manish wasnt made to go thru the last round of "check-up". The moron that he is, said loudly, "mere paas bandook hai"..and within half a mili-second, there were half a dozen policeman staring at us. Needless to say, they were gonna be real strict...sternly asked us our name nd he said some L Patel..but being an outsider and staying in a hostel, had no idea abt the adresses...and that is where we fumbled..So, if it had been bad till now, it was gonna be worse..the wallet was then checked to come up with his identity card, my ATM card and an another friend's Driving Lisence..A perfect case of Multiple Identity Theft..we were some moments away frm being called the "Face of terror" or worse carrying out an espionage..Media retracing my entire life to tell the people how i was deeply impressed by Osama or worse Modi!! Good sense did prevail and i slyly told the investigating officer"Hum to aapke bachhe jaise hain, aap kahen to hum chale jaate hain" and for a change this stupified, idiotic line did work and for a moment I did think of kissing Manmohan Desai(yaar..not on the lips ;) ) for inventing that dialogue..
We were let off..But i guess what had our fate been,in Modi's gujarat, had either of us sported a beard or one of the identity cards in Manish's wallet belonged to a muslim!!




All said and done, wish u a "super duper rocking" year ahead ;) ;)





Author's Note: Life sucks-Thats perhaps one of the most dogmatic and belligerent view about life..At times, though it may seem, that Murphy's law is the only universal solution, but luckily life isnt that bad afterall. If we dont sail past the rough storms, how wld we appreciate the cool breeze blowing around..And we wouldnt be able to sail past these storms, had it not been for the friends around us. Friends who stick to you, even in ur worst..friends who feel sorry, even when the fault isnt their's and friends who feel more proud of u than u yourself, for those little feats that u achieve.. It is the friends around you who help u "live"..
"Its not about surviving but living" says a great gentleman,who incidently happens to share his name and all the governing factors with me(lol)...so in his words "Lets live!!" :)