Wow, last post is dated Feb 2009 huh ... quite a semester it has been for me ... and it is over now. I have finished my first year of education at Berkeley (I hope ... I really hope this is 1/5th of the entire span that I have in mind :D), and I have had quite a great experience doing it. In fact, these last few days for me have been quite interesting -- our lab group became a well knit bunch of friends over all the night-outs we went through down in our lab (for the record we work in the basement of a building that was once notorious for having maximum number of suicide attempts from it's terrace!!). And now that some of them are about to leave, remnants of all my 'senti-ness' from the final days of IITM started creeping up a bit.
During most of my conversations that I had with my friends here, we discuss a lot about cultures, politics, and current state of affairs of different countries -- and when it came to India, current state of affairs and politics turned out to be quite a thing because of the elections and the Mumbai attacks before that. I realized that I needed a great turn of things back home to boast about during one of these conversations with some pride --- desperately needed one. And just when I needed it most, Mr. Manmohan Singh got re-elected for a second term and made BJP's virtually pointless election campaign bite the dust. I was overjoyed at the thought of the entire nation uniting, coming together, and singlehandedly eliminating the 'negative politics' of BJP to raise Congress to the throne again. My heart is now filled with much stronger hopes about the changing face of India.
Been quite sometime that I have written something here -- and now that I have typed out about two paragraphs, I am slowly starting to realize that maybe from now on, I will only be able to pursue writing during the vacations, given the toughie-semesters that I saw over the year. Makes me feel sad ... my hobbies are things that are very close to me -- music, writing, editing and designing stuff. Over this last year, I have seen a decline in almost all of them -- not making me feel great at all.
Speaking about hobbies, I think I might as well add a new one to the list -- the 'Culinary Activity' :P :P. Yeah, yeah I know it sounds a bit odd, but I have realised over these last few months that I can actually cook relatively well, and if there's something new that I can try and prepare I usually end up putting in some effort and getting it done. For example, today I ended up baking fudge brownies with almonds, yesterday was pulao night. Maybe I might actually end up challenging my Mom to a 'cooking contest' and see if I should include it in my list of 'interests' after all.
So much to kick-start the summer on my blog :D. In the next few months, maybe something interesting will happen, maybe nothing interesting will happen, maybe I will end up getting as busy as I was during the sem, maybe I will end up with lots of free time -- whatever it is, I really wish I can keep writing and posting. My creative side (actually whatever tiny proportions I possess of it) is the only thing that has kept me myself from time to time -- getting distant from it with time is not something that has been making me happy.
Maybe I should try writing a Fake sports event blog or something ... I wonder if attempts at sensationalism will keep bloggers like me super-active ... hmm...
In the meanwhile, enjoy your summer, have fun, have fluids, and have your senses with you all the time :D
Adios.
