The past month has to be classified as one of the most satisfying and, to an extent, productive vacations I've ever had in my two and a half yrs of engineering life.Looking back,there were several happy things about it that give you a sense of satisfaction... so,if you're still guessing about what its going to be about,let me draw the curtain.... it's about how I spent my month long vacation with my family,here in Delhi.
I came here on 15th dec, welcome by the unpleasant winter of Delhi which I've become so unused-to in the recent years.One big disadvantage of moving to Manipal is that you're so close to the sea all yr round and get so much used to the pleasant weather that even a 10 degree C temp of Delhi seems to be unbearable.However, it got overshadowed as only those people can understand the joy of meeting their family after 5 months who have actually been in that situation... the joy that surpasses all climatic disasters(yes,i called it precisely that,totally unaware that in the days to follow,the double digit tempeature would exist only in the imaginary world!)
Phase one:
It was the happiest and laziest of the times,as I hardly did anything other than being cuddled up in my bed till mid-day,getting up to realise that dad and bhaiya had already left for their respective offices at a time that seemed "night" to me(but later realised that it was around 9am).Sadly,mom had had enough of it and a day or two later,all that motherly love that u crave for in your hostel had started transforming into motherly "care",which resulted in me getting scolded when I "demanded" breakfast at 11am.The answer was simple,"Son,you woke up too late for breakfast and too early for lunch".
I was waiting all these days for two things..one,the beginning of the Cricket Series between India and Australia and two,the only unpleasant part of the holidays, my results...specifically-to find out how much below six my gpa had fallen...more specifially-to find out whether I had flunked in my PSA paper or not(which was a real possibility,given that I had even brought over my books,test papers and all for this subjet)
December 26:The Judgement Day
I went to face the mess and looooong queues of Janakpuri early in the morning with my dad to get a Learners' Driving License done.Was in constant touch with my mates who'd stayed back at college to prepare for their GATE exam,which is due in february!!(as if the screwing fifth sem papers weren't depressing enough)Thankfully, I got a call that contained the great news that I'd cleared the doubtful paper with one grade better than the minimum required,and my gpa had fallen to an all time low,i.e. 5.88(this somehow got overshadowed in the joy of clearing the paper,which was an achievement in itself,given that I had twice scored two on 20 in the internals!)That brought upon a sudden termination to the nightmares of achieving the unwanted feat of flunking for the first time in my life(now come on,don't count my failure in hindi writing as a failure,which was in my 4th standard).
Phase 3:Rising From The Ashes
Now was the time for some serious work.I started learning MATLAB,a very useful tool for engineering students,together with my Inudstrial training,and least expectedly,found a girl there who was JUST ONE YR senior to me.However,I found Erich Segal's novels more interesting than her and that's what I used to do most of the time I spent in Goldwyn India Ltd, Noida,as a trainee.Most of this phase was spent watching Cricket,Surfing the net,meeting a few friends and here I am...after a holiday,more educated on MATLAB,fresh to take on the new semester and wise enough to bury the disappointments of the last yr and looking into the future,i.e. VISION 2008!
Got a train to catch tomorrow and haven't even started on the packing so have to leave before mom dumps my laptop out of the house..
