Sometimes, certain things happen

and you never remain the same...



There are a few incidents strewn here and there in my life which have really influenced me, made me the "me" that I am today. Good or bad, they have made me think, drop certain habits, pick up some others..The earliest thing that is etched on my mind is that of my mother forgoing several of her wishes to fulfill mine..Her leaving practising law for almost fifteen years so that she could see me grow up well. Though I did not realise the significance of this as late as when I was in my teens, I promised myself never to let her down.(Sorry if you do not call this an incident, but what is life if not an incident!!!)One day out of a stupid fight with my mother I tore some important papers and I saw the hurt in my mother's eyes. And God, I swore whatever might happen, moi never going to vent my anger this way...When I was in class Six, I had been slapped by the principal of my school(and that too just before I was appearing for my Geography exam) for no fault of mine, but because of some stupid teacher. (That stupid teacher did not even take the blame and got two of us soanked)That day,I realised, all teachers are not to be worshipped. I was dumped by my best friend, and I realised to trust people but not to let them take control of my life. Later, I met some great new friends and I realised that all people are not bad. I screwed up my first sem at DA-IICT and I realised what my priorities where..Had some great and awful experiences with project partners, and I realised whatever comes to you, you have to take the responsibility.But all this while I understood the import of the saying
"The foundation of friendship can be work, but the foundation of work should never be friendship".
Started blogging, and I found a space beyond my diary to express myself. Did not work very hard for the first part of my BTP and got a B while my rest of the team got A's . I realised, my good luck always comes with the hard work.

But there were innumerable other incidents which influenced my life, but they had nothing to do with me. These were the things that happened to my friends, to people I knew. They might have just caused a ripple effect, but yes, I never remained the one I was....

A day well spent...

Yesterday was a day well spent..away from the monotonous routine of going to the lab, complaining about the heat, fussing about the food, and orkutting.. We, a group of 12 girls(Shruti, Shanthi, Rigveda, Richa, Aditi, Tanvi, Nadu, Praneetha, Anusha, Vandana, Bushra and myself)went to the Shonku Water Park yesterday and trust me, had real good fun. The heat was scorching but the water was cool and our minds were merry. The only bad thing about the entire trip was that Shruti took ill and had to remain in the first aid room for most of the time. We even befriended a few kids. I was shocked by a certain breed of parents who simply forgot about their tiny kids at the mere sight of the rides. I and Shanthi spent almost half an hour looking after some of them. Ruggu hurt herself at one of the slides, but if you think that could have prevented her from enjoying herself at the other rides, you don't know ruggu at all!! Well, all in all it was fun. I especially enjoyed myself at the kids' zone where you have this big plastic house wid huge showers...Shanthi and I loved the ride wid the tube boat kind of a thing. It was simply awesome(actually it felt much safer wid something to hold onto :))Even i did not escape unhurt. I banged my head twice against a slide because my hands simply refused to be in the position they should have been!! Finally the clock struck five, and the water park came to a standstill. With some great memories, we bid this place good bye. I dont even remember what happened after I boarded the jeep for the return journey because I slept off...

PS: One of our greatest regrets will remain that we could not manage snaps of this trip.:(