A Series of Unforgettable Events!

The title sounds like the Jim Carrey

movie, hai nah?... and that indeed is the source of inspiration but with a major change!

Farewell @NGP
Well, its starts with the farewell bid by all my loved ones; my Dad was the first one to give me a goodbye hug! :) Unfortunately, he had to fly to ND and hence this early adieu! My one week stay at Nagpur before leaving for Atlanta was really pleasant which made the farewell times harder for me. The fun element to my stay was added by my Bro who visited home after a gap of 8 months and had brought loads of gifts for all of us (esp. the Mother's Day gifts for Mom :) and a Blackberry for Dad) ! Mommy, sis, bro and a cousin of mine were there to see me off at the NGP stn. Mummy, as I could see, was standing on the platform trying to suppress her emotions and as expected by my bro, even my eyes were wet! My cousin gifted me a pen which was so sweet of him :) As the train started to leave, I felt my throat heavy and I avoided looking into my Mom's eye (and the AC coach facilitated it) as I didn't wanna cry.

Farewell @Mumbai
In the morning, Ashu and Siddha were present at the CSTM to help me with my really really heavy baggages. Kattu, upon hearing the story of how we somehow managed to reach the campus with the baggages said, "maine toh kaha tha kii aa jaata hun lene.. lekin nhi... 'hum teeno maze karte hue aayenge' kar liye maze itne bhaari samaan k saath?" I had loads of fun that day with all my friends... I ended up giving a treat to all of 'em @Amul's. But, I'd spent a quality time with all of 'em! After Amul, the next stop was H8 of course.. I met Birju and my very own bro (Kattu :) aur infy fatte maare :) The next day I was to leave; even the busy personality, Malpani could spare some time to bid me a goodbye :P! It was time for me to leave and guess what... I had a dozen of my dearest friends to see me off @ the airport. Infy machaaya airport pe! I was so happy that I just couldn't stop smiling.. :) I waved a goodbye to most of them while entering. But, Kattu knows kii I can't do without a finalmaxx goodbye which was after I checked-in my baggage and I was standing at the gate of airport from where I could them and I bid a finalwala goodbye. Yet again, I realized that my eyes were wet.

The Flight to Atlanta
When the plane takes-off you realise what you're leaving behind and you just can't stop your tears! But when you reach your destination, you realise that there was nothing you'd left behind... every1's wid u, in your memories!! :)

Atlanta - A perfect entry

When I stepped into Atlanta, somehow feel nahi aayi kii abroad aaye hain.... And when I got into the aptt. my roomies helped me feel at home here :) I spent my first weekend @Atlanta with my Bhaiiya and Bhabhi and their 2-yr old kid, Sohum. I didn't even feel that I was away from home while I was there :) We ate chaat @Chat Patti and Bhaiyya warned me before entering not to laugh right at the face of the vendor. After entering I realised why he said so... this guy had a very funny hair styling that would make any1 laugh.

My research project guide is a really sweet person, and I met him on Monday when we decided a project topic. He gave me a welcome treat in an Indian restaurant "Madras Grill" followed by a sweet pan; I never knew that even Americans are fond of pan!

A funful weekend with roommates :)
I saw the Atlantic station mall and then on Saturday I accompanied Anuja(one of my roommates) to the Cumberland Mall; an awesome mall with impressive dresses at each of the outlets! We spent the whole day in the mall and in the evening we headed towards the foodcourt area which was filled with the fragrance of the Cinnabon rolls so I had one for dinner... Yummy! By the time we reached home I was so exhausted that I had a sound sleep that night. The next day, Abarna(another roomie of mine) took us (me and Anuja) to the Zoo Atlanta; we probably enjoyed more than the kids out there.. we had Snow cones and popcorns for free!!! We had a Carousel ride and also a mini-train ride... eeeeeeee :) Gift shop mein bhi infy machaya.. captured pics with almost everything there :P We came back home by a MARTA train and then by a Stringerette!

Well... inspite of all the fun I'm having over here.. I'm waiting for the 21st of July :)

I just love to see you cry!!! Valfi Season :)

At the end of the sem, things look so easygoing and you just start loving the sem to get prepared for the next sem when you'll say, "Yaar! Last sem kitna accha tha, yeh sem kitna buraa hai!!!"
But seriously this sem was really cool for me! And I must say, I became a lot more sincere this time than I was in the previous sems!!! For the first time I was updated with what was going on in all the courses!! And, this really made me feel lukkha during the End Semester exams. You know, just try for a change to be sincere; sacchi.. accha lagta hai :) (but only for a change!)
I know... I know... I would have stopped reading this had I been as insincere n lukkhi as I was in last sem :P.
Let me start with the PAFs; this year, I saw a whole variety of them.... studd Prod work, studd Choreo's and great acting and voiceovers! For the first time I attended valedictory functions in the insti; they were just too good. I just loved the senti part; you know you can always relate things with your own life and that creates mixed feelings in you. And not to forget the food :D After the valfies I could not eat the mess food :P
And its always good to hear senti for your own self. I heard two :); one was official senti by my very own bro Kataria!! The second one was really special (so special.. that I archived it :P)
A perfect end to this semester with the horrible endsems, but this time they were so predictably horrible!! :P Still 1 more to go! :)
And then, I'm off to Atlanta!! :)
Waiting to see Mom and Dad!! Aur fir ghar jaake khana banana bhi seekhna hai :P

Happy Days :)

Yippeee!!! I'm finally done with my midsems :)
Midsems were never so stress-free for me as these were.... no no... not because I was well prepared for all my courses (in fact all my courses were in a screwed up state due to Chaos).. it was/is something else.....
Today after almost a month delay I could give my B'day treat and also my intern treat to all my friends, when I was arbitrarily questioned that nowadays I seem quite happy.. kya baat hai? (in a sarcastic way!!)
But at that point I was thinking about someone that made me feel senti... It was my Dadaji... I was myself wondering a few days back that why am I such a happy gal nowadays. And, I dunno how but I could relate this to Him. It was 7th of December, when I had just reached Mumbai returning from Nagpur and got the bad news :( . That day itself I had to leave for Nagpur again, and at Dadar station I saw the rush there and my not-yet-confirmed ticket and I was too worried that how am I gonna travel alone this way to which my Dad replied over phone that you'll be fine because remember, now even Dadaji is among the Deities and he is gonna take special care of you. I don't know if that is true or not, I really don't, but I feel blessed ... All the good things were/are happening to me ( I don't know whether these things were really good or was it the sorrow of His going away that made normal things look even better ) Its been more than two months now, but that conversation with my Dad is still fresh in my mind.
And the series of events: MI, Theatre Fest, my birthday surprise :P(not really a surpise but still my best birthday ever!) and Chaos me feel good and back to normal.
Anyways, the treat was fun and was followed by the Gulti movie: "HaPPy DayS". Title wahin se mara hai ;)
Waiting to go home for Holi!!! :)
End note: Stay happy, say Cheese :)

In the world of chaos!

Being lucky enough to be a part of the contingent entry to "CHAOS" the fest of "the" IIM-A, we were to leave for Ahmedabad and guess what? Just a day before, as I reached my room after hours of practice(more of lukkha ;)) I screamed at the top of my voice at that odd hour (not really odd in IITB), seeing something really unexpected. OMG I got an intern in Georgia! First of all, I was absolutely stunned looking at the mail, and then I asked my roomie, "Do you think I should scream outta madness?" and there was an obvious reply from her :). Couldn't sleep that night. The first person with whom I wanted to share this news was my bro; I really don't know why I wanted that, but yes... I was sick of looking at my brother's idle status in Gmail and was desperately waiting for him to wake up, and show up so that I could share the news with him. Anyways, couldn't digest the news for long, so I ditched the plan of informing my bro first and went about telling my friends; but finally when he called up seeing my offline chats, I bursted into tears(dunno y).

The collective effect of all the things around me(madness outta happiness, lack of sleep and the time spent on lukkha that day) was me screwing up a quiz on the day of our journey; I realised it later that I could have obtained a pink slip and when I got the quiz marks I even regretted :P.

But, theek hai... aajkal toh yehi dilaasa reh gya hai: AAL IZZ WELL!!!

So, the journey to Ahmedabad was full of fun and entertainment(I mean it when I say entertainment :P). Fun toh obvious tha... was with my fav people around me: The Fourth Wall junta and the In Sync junta. And yes, I had with me two of my closestmaxx friends with me: Pattaka :P and humaari Miss ACL :P.

The first day of Chaos was ....ummmmm.... uss din bhi "ALL IZZ WELL!!!" ka sahaara lena padaa tha :P. It ws 29th of Jan, and I went for the movie Ishqiya(first day last show) with my streetplay team and SuMo. A good movie, but many of my companions didn't like it (bacche hain ji :P). We walked down all the way from the mall to the campus. The whole way was Gujjumaxx (as in everything was written in Gujarati); although, being born in Gujarat and spending about half my life there, I felt irritated that kuch toh jansaamanya bhaasha mein likhte yeh Gujju log. But, thodi feel aayi ki at least I have some connection with the place. The view of the campus from the terrace of Boy's dorm(;)) was awesome, just looking at it I was making up my mind ki yahin aayenge Graduation k baad :P to which my friend betted that I wont coz I keep changing my plans after graduation every second day. The lukkha nightouts with my teammates increased my bonding with them, and now we people are good frenz.

Jus wanted to mention my new frenz: Arbit, Paro, Dassi, Himanshu, Bharat(Mangal) and the freshie bacche: Yashaswi, Amisha n Tanvi (infy pyaare bacche!).

Infy maze liye ek doorse ke and freshies added the flavour by giving away informal Intro sessions. I and abhilasha whistling at the girls passing by and blaming Paro for doing so was really fun.....!!!

And yes, I and Abhilasha speaking out bullshit and abusing people straightaway on their faces in Cartman's tone was unforgettable(we would have been beaten up by people had they understood that tone :P)

Sonu Nigam's show mein without pass entry, with my newly commited friend Aditi :)

And a chocolaty sweet evening at the "CHOCOLATE ROOM"; wahan bhi machaa diya..... snatching our share of the Brownie n other dishes, and the Choco Rum shot was unforgettable. YUMMY!!! And Abhilasha even suffered the CDS after this evening. (the Chocolate Deficiency Syndrome :P:P:P)

Infy looti gyi main! But, treats dene mein bhi pleasure milta hai... believe me! :)

Loveliest 3 days :) till now this year! Love you all who made these three days cherishable.

More satisfaction => Less mugai => Less CPI => Less satisfaction => Contradiction!

First of all, I'm not getting my favorite font styles here...... a dissatisfaction arises here itself :P
Waise, I'm not that dissatisfied with life as it may seem from the title of my first blog... par phir bhi, couldn't think of a better one, so bear wid me... you see I'm just an amateur at writing blogs!
Haan toh, lemme start with a brief flashback: my journey from a sponge-like knowledge absorbing student to a....... ummm...... (I was thinking of some adjectives, but forget it, this word describes it all=>) IITian :P.
Forget the journey, its more or less the same as all others', with some minor variations.
So, this blog has been named so because I love my friends n most of them love to call me by this name "NehaCS" or simply "CS"; not always... its only when they are fed up wid my fundae... so to kip my mouth shut they would call me that.

Filhaal itna hi.. gotta make my lab assignments now. (you see thats the jist of CS.. lab assignments!)
P.S.: I haven't started elaborating the title yet... toh ob hai ki to be contd....