The last year and then some, has been quite hectic. And, this post here is a summation of the main events that have occoured during the time...
Ever since I got my laptop, I'd become pretty used to using it for any e-task I needed to accomplish, and to aid in my access to the net I'd started piggy-backing on some neighbours unsecure wi-fi connection. So, when in mid-August the said neighbour finally got privy to his bandwidth drain, and decided to upgrade his security I was left pretty much high and dry, with no viable way to access the net except to plug in the modem. And, hence rooting myself to one corner of the house. This being the case, there came a time when I simply gave up even sitting on the laptop. Instead, pursuing the reread of every book I'd ever purchased, that I still had with me.
And, then D Day arrived in the form of my mid-term exams... Forcing me to try to force-feed on all the notes I'd taken (and not taken) in class, in order to try and pass my exams. The exams lasted around 2 weeks in November. And, perhaps were the most scary 2 weeks in a long, long time...!!
The weekend after my exams got over, I had to attend a coupla weddings and I really enjoyed the 2 days. And, then started the 'bad' time... Was in bed for the whole of the next week with food poisoning, had a really hard time even getting off the bed. However, once that was taken care of, came an even more harrowing task. We had to change our house, move to a new area and into a way smaller house. The whole of the next week was dedicated to this, what with mom not keeping well... That done, it was time to begin setting up the place and thats probably been the main thing keeping me busy that month.
The whole of the next week I spent trying to participate in an event in college known as 'Guru Shishya Parampara', and all my attempts at inclusion were thwarted by some of the admins at col! Said there were no slots available even though I knew for a fact that most of my friends had backed down, and had not been replaced!! In the end I became a part of the organisation team (yet again), did almost all the background work. The event basically comprised of two days of panel discussions and then one day when all participants were to go on an adventure camp... When the time came for making the list of the people who were to be taken for the camp, everyone, including the organisation team were noted. However, I wasn't. The first excuse that was given to me was that I wasn't eligible, that I hadn't participated, and when it was pointed out by some of the participants that I had indeed played an integral part... I was very conveniently told that I'd be permitted only if there were seats available, and asked to contact another person in the staff for 'further details'.
We had two more functions after this, or rather three more functions... all at a grand scale (in relation to my college's standards). In the last function, The Annual function I even received an award for being the 'Most Dedicated Worker' in the first year, as reward for the efforts put in by me through out.
Next up was our Final Exams, which I seemed to have scraped through... Seeing how, I am indeed now at the end of my 2nd year.
The 2nd Year began with an interesting 5-6 months of me interning at the Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi. It was an experience of a lifetime! Learned a lot. Specially to appreciate the industry I have chosen to pursure. Even managed to make some friends, who I hope will stay on for a lifetime. It was an enriching experience both personally and professionally. I so wish I could graduate and get back there, thanks in no mean part to the company I used to keep there. It was a period of time when you could never be sure to find me at home. There was not fixed time for my coming and none for my leaving. But it was thrilling, and also in many ways liberating.
Once done with that I got back to college, dove right back into putting all my effort into having fun in the organisation of various functions. But, nothing ever seemed quite right. Which was in many ways a let down. Pretty soon I started losing interest, but still kept right on. But then began my bouts of illnesses, and I never seemed to be in college anymore, just there for the functions. Pretty soon people even started wondering whether I'd somehow left the course and run away somewhere.
And, hence the last 2 years have been... a maze of activity and inactivity... And also a very enligthening period in very many ways...
Now, did that make much sense at all?
