I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse…

I joined the library yesteday…it’s a pretty good one…got Clive Cussler’s Pacific Vortex and I GOT MARIO PUZO’S THE GODFATHER!!! Iv been dying to get that one….

Today was one of those jam packed days…avi woke us up at 7:00 IN THE MORNING!!! I wasn’t mad though…he was finally in town and said they’ll drop by later that day…

Then had to go visit some old friends of appa’s and mama’s at 10:00…it was actually nice…this old dude was really interesting…
After that rushed back home at 11:30 to get ready for a wedding of some relatives…actually the wedding started at 11…we went at 12…it was extremely boring…the only good thing is that we left by 1:30…after that we get a call from sherly nt (sunny uncle’s…)saying that they’ll be coming over soon…
It felt good to see a familiar face…Melissa was bitching about her hostel….apparently all the sisters running the place were evil…

At around 4p.m avi and all came…god it felt good to see them all…it was so much fun…brought back so many memories…we were chattin and goofin around and taking pics…got an awesome one of avi’s puppy dog face…I posted a couple of pics in monkey pics too!!! They only stayed till around 6…I think…however long it was…it wasn’t enough…it felt too short…but im happy I at least got to see them all…
Felt kinda empty when they left... already missing them………

He died on a Thursday; forty pages still to read of "gone with the wind"

We had to go for rajesh uncles (remember? appa’s close friend…chech’s guardian…) son’s b’day on Saturday…it was at casino…god it was boring…we hardly new anyone there…and we didn’t have any choice…he’d feel bad if we didn’t come… (not the son…he’s just 3 years old…)but the food was good…
He spent 50,000RS on this party…I mean what the fuck is the point…the kid wont even remember this…then again it is understandable considering the fact that they had a baby after 17 years!

i finished reading Jeffrey Archer’s “Kane And Abel” today…god it was good…felt like kicking myself for not reading it earlier…and to think iv been having the book for like a year…almost anyway…

and there’s no school tomorrow because of the strike…
it was the 7th period…computer science…then the notice is given to miss…before she even starts reading it we all start hooting and clapping…ah yes…what would we do without our faithful hartals…and tomorrow was a particularly boring day…hehehe…
im gonna laze around and watch movies…I got “Mr. and Mr.’s Smith” and “Red Dragon”…the 3rd part of “Silence Of The Lambs”…I seriously liked Anthony Hopkins in both silence of the lambs and Hannibal…

I was planning on joining a library this Saturday….alas we have a damn wedding to attend...i hate weddings…if its somebody I know and all I’ll be glad to go…but this is some cousin or uncle or someone that even chech doesn’t know!! And im dying to get my hands on some book...

DISPERSE!!!!!!!!!

The assembly is going on in the grounds …it’s a beautiful day…peaceful…the kids are about to sing a prayer…we’re all standing in lines in the open ground facing the corridor in front of my class where the assembly is being held...it starts drizzling…nobody seemed to be bothered by it…personally Id welcome a downpour...i was just thinking about it when the principal (he was a wing commander and stuff…just joined this year…) takes the mike and asks “is it raining???”………..the drizzle becomes a heavy downpour in like 2 seconds after he says that…for a second everyone just stood there….then the principal yells “DISPERSE!!!!!!!!”….it was chaos after that…everybody just started screaming and running here and there…I stood there for a couple of seconds letting the rain soak my face…why were they running away I wondered…it felt so heavenly...immersed in my own thoughts i went back to class…

Day 1

First day of school wasn’t that bad...im in XI A…everyone’s friendly and stuff…I liked the class teacher a lot…she’s taking chemistry, teaches well!....computer science teacher was also really good…pretty young…id put her at around 25..give or take a year or 2…
I don’t like the Math’s teacher…she gave us homework on the first day of school!!!...crazy old hag…and she’s way to serious….haven’t seen a smile yet…
Physics teacher was ok…extremely malluish…

Made a few friends…a guy called zac (chechs reaction was “THAT’S A DOGS NAME!!) he’s been in toc h since LKG so I ask him most of my doubts…which basically includes “how strict are they…” “are they very particular about our uniforms…” “which way is the bathroom???” “how is the CANTEEN here????????”….and so on and so forth…

There was also this new kid from ooty…sanjit…I got along with him pretty well 2…(I don’t know why but for some reason he reminds me of avi!!!!...maybe it’s the ooty thing…)


We had chemistry practical…it was fun…not like in Jeddah…we get to actually do stuff for once. There are 2 people in each table….my practical buddy is a girl called Abila (had to ask a couple of times to remember that…) she was really friendly, been in the school for 12 years….

Remembering everyone’s name became a challenge…I got a lot of names….dont remember any though!!!....

Oh and in the last period…just before leaving our class teacher calls all the new kids out (which obviously includes me…) and tell us that…WE HAVE TALENTS DAY THIS MONDAY AND ITS COMPELSORY FOR THE NEW KIDS TO TAKE PART!!!! (its actually just for the new kids!!)
I have no idea what to do….im talentless…crap…

just thinking...

Appa left today morning…crap…this place is so depressing without him…its lifeless…
He might only come this September next…almost 3 months…but I bet its more difficult for him than us…which isn’t a very comforting thought…

The last 3 days with him have been awesome…went to dinner with rajesh uncle twice (appa’s college friend…really close…sort of his best friend) and that’s always fun…and the day i had my interview in toc h and stuff, well when we found out the interview was that day itself we all sort of freaked out and appa sent our driver Ambadi(yep...thats his name...he's actually just a kid...sort of...) to pick up mama(she wasnt with us...) and well the interview got over five mins. after we sent him off..so we took an auto and got home..and suprisingly enough he hadnt reached yet...now appa got really worried and stuff...but ambadi came after around 10 mins...appa was standing in front of the building with his hands to his hips...hehehe the guy looked really scared...and then appa started scolding him for not telling us where he's going and all (cause it turns out he went to have a quick snack...he didnt have breakfast...the poor guy was hungry...)...after that lil incident we went to check our sky line villa construction...and turns out that they havent touched it in over 3 months...appa was furious...he exploded on some guy who was working there....hehehe...i love it when im not in the recieving end of those (im evil remember...) then we went straight to their office where appa let it out at the person who was i think in charge of our villa and stuff (i think her name was anny...) again that was fun...appa didnt really get angry he was just saying how dissapointed he was and all....hehehe...me and chech were trying to suppress our giggles..overall that day was really fun...

Was thinking today how much things have changed…and how they’ll never be the same again…I should probably stop thinking about that rgt?…then again im completely jobless here…I guess things will be kinda better once school starts…im actually looking forward to it!

TOC H

Appa came last night…thank god…this place is like a graveyard without him…
Today was kind of a hectic yet fun day…woke up at around 8:30 and me, chech and appa went to a school called TOC H (I had given applications to 3 schools…choice, toc h and bhavans…)
well…we went to the school cause the list of applicants selected were released…and my no. was 125 and the my interview was on 4/6/05 at 9:30…now what day was it again...oh yeah…THE INTERVIEW WAS THAT DAY ITSELF!!!!! And it was already 9:45…luckily the interview hadn’t started yet….see now we were in a dilemma…our first choice was choice (the school choice…duh…sheesh…bah humbug…) and another problem was that if I got admission in TOC H i would have to pay RS16,500…and obviously if I get admission in choice then 16,500rs go down the drain…since they wont give a refund…so we had to make a choice…since we had no guarantee that I would get admission in choice we decided not to take the risk and go for the interview…it was really short…not much of an interview, took less than five mins. and I got it…they gave a slip of paper and told us to show it to the fee counter when we pay…and luckily we have till Monday afternoon to do that…
the odds of getting in choice aren’t all that high and since we only have till this Monday the odds are I’ll be going to TOC H…it’s a good school and stuff…at least they have a decent uniform…oh and school starts this 9th…

Malluland

The flight from Jeddah to Doha was short…it was okay…didn’t have time to watch a movie since the flight was so short (there were actually a couple of good ones…I wanted to see oceans 12...) so instead I watched friends (must have been season 9 or 10…)…

Had a 7 hour layover in Doha…the airport was kinda small…not 2 bad…roamed around a lot…didn’t take long to see the whole place…after that it was just plain boring…but the 5 hour trip to kerala was actually kinda fun…chech’s friend renu and her mom were in the same flight…we forced mama to trade places with renu…it was nice...she was quite easy to talk 2…

So far its been extremely boring…chech’s college started 2 days ago…and im trying to get admission in Choice…we thought it would be a piece of cake…boy did we underestimate how hard it would be…we gave the application and stuff a few days back…and well im not in the first list…chech’s friends dad’s brother owns the school or something…well he(the father…not the brother…) called the principal and told her about me and all…she said she’ll try to put me in the second list…I guess we’re trying some other ways 2…but mama is kinda freaking out…and what little confidence I had is long gone thanks to her…
We’ve given applications to 2 other schools 2…it was just for backup…hopefully it’ll stay that way…