Monday, October 27, 2008

"Oeuvre's of a pupil"

Isn't it amazin wen u meet ur pals again with whom u hve shared one of the best moments of your lyf?????i feel it truly is,your brain cells engorge and take you back into tht salubrious era of fun,frolic,fights etc etc etc ...and those memories start scintillating in your mind and lights up tht scholastic instinct in your mind again.i.e .the period in which one spends almost three quarters of his or her teeange life,learns to drive the world,makes friends who r your companions for a lyftym,the alltym teachings of d pedagogues,scoldings of d schoolmarm,football matches,annual functions,cricket on Sundays,Month of march i.e harbinger of exams,schismatic discussions,being schizophrenic at 16 lolzz (nwdays a bit early lolz),first crush,nd wat nt........It's a dire need for everybody to fantasize dse lovely moments once again,bt time and tide waits for none bt still we get nostalgic and get lost into the old memories again......
My diwali holidays have started,fun time again..as i ws suffering from insomnia fr a week or so,i thought of sleeping fr d first two days of a week long vacation cus i believe tht healthy body leads to a healthy mind lolzzz..i dunno why our prof's are unaware of d fact .Anyways.Sunday banged on,it was d birthday of one of my closest pal,we ppl wre vry excited to be dre,many of my pals wre bck hme for d diwali breaks nd all of us wre prepared for landing into the year of 2006 once again...the last bt nt d least year of our school life..XIIth.. the final bon voyage of our school lyf!!!i would like to share some d moments wid u,i hope u'll njoy dem!!!!!
Pheww!!!Ahem ahem..we r back into the era of 2006.It was march 2006 and i went to take my result of d finals of d 11th standard,wid a blushing face,i expected a good result from my teachers and it turned out to be..i was promoted to the the 12th standard,nd dis tym again my heart said "Yeh dil maange more"
i decided to drop the IIT coaching stuff, as i was more into securing good marks in the 12th standrd examinations and accomplish d dreams of takin a flight abroad to pursue my engineering. Yipppiee!!! i wnted everything to slick in a proper way,so joined my tution for Physics at Mr Bhatnagar's,one of d finest pedagogue for Physics in d town!!
The tym was a bit scary,it ws at Six in d morning,as i had to come down 15 kms to reach his place,bt i guess tht ws fine for me as punctuality is one of my apprciable trait!!Two of my vry close friends wre also dre wid me,and we three killers wre having a fantastic tym dre lolzz and to my surprise on the fourth day,it started soundin more interstin wid d arrival of a sweet sloan ranger,the three of us glanced at each other and started giving a blushin and winking look,Physics became more interestin wid Electromagnetics replacing Mechanics and Bhatnagar Sir replacin Bansals...and d most important of all wid an innocent and a skittish face lolzz everything ws goin f9,though we wre fancy free!!!! After the tution it ws my school tym at 0800 hrs,it ws 12th standard nw,we wre the gaffers,the seniors,wid Economics lectures by Ranju mam being the most interesting and fun both,i remember we once forced mam to take our class near the terrace on d audi and she agreed to our exigency by takin us dre!!!...Six hrs used to pass like six minutes wid our dear ones.
We wnted to snap each and every moment in our memory of this wonderful year!!..we wre bottled into a rocking lyf !!!The evenings approached wid my maths tution at Mrs Rama's place,wid the three idiots bangin the doors together again lolzz..and to my surprise i met a girl who ws dre in bansal classes in d 11th standard,again a beuatiful visage and a smart brain,i mean i am a follower of mr John Keats,aesthetic,and admire beauty in every sense bcos i feel its a wondeful creation of d almighty and should be appreciated!!!!.nyways moving on Maths as always had been an interesting subject for me,thus i used to enjoy my evening sessions......
After the pleasent month named after Augustus Ceaser,came September and in the first week of the month we went for our Art of Living Yes Club in St Xaviers....a week long meditation course wid arnd forty students particpating in it.The week was amazing,meditation helped us to regain wt we had enervated, enhanced our interactive syd,and formed an association of the students wid follow ups on sundays and gatherings at the tym of festivities,an amazing experience in all!!bt we wre soon back to ourselves as we dint wnted to be too much into spiritual knowledge,as we felt everything shd be inculcated wid time.We wre into our youth and felt tht we shd be on a balanced side and wid dis knack i was enjoyin my life to d fullest without affecting my studies in anyways....time passed on wid d diwali utsav of our school,annual function,pre boards.and the den d tym came whr we enjoying our prep leave's wid test sessions at the tutions,feeling the chilling winters of jaipur,going to my friend's place,samosas of gangaur,cricket and coffee after every physics test at anshuman's place,watching guru together and get inspired by it,KBC by SRK.....everythin proved to b fun.... and finally the "Asshirvachan" or the farewell day came..it ws tym to say goodbye to d school lyf forever,to a temple whr i had spent the most splendid years of my life,wid handshakes,hugs,tears,blessings we all bid a goodbye to our school wid a promise to uphold its name in future and become impeccable personas..It ws nw d tym for the last board exam of my lyf and to head towards a new journey wid all sweet memories.....
I hope u enjoyed it!!!!
Signing off
Shantanu Consul

Thursday, October 16, 2008

"48 hrs of Frolic"

Welll!!!!I am writing a post after almost eight days.I am sorry for the delay...lolzzz!!!
I was on a trip to "The City of TAj" for my cousin's engagement,nt willing to be a sceptre i decided to travel alone on d day of his engagement,bt i had to miss my college for two days as it was an exigency from my brother cus he wanted me to be wid him on one of d most importanat day of his life,though i had fever on a day b4 my departure,bt still i was excited.
Travelling always gives me a salubrious ambience and to b of part of this atmosphere again i quickly booked my ticket for 0800 hrs bus in d morning as i was left wid a hobson's choice,cos all train's wre full..
The five hour bus journey was splendind,i had two good companions a canadian and a japanese national,sharing my views and learning about deir country gave me a chance to widen my knowledge....viewieng the fabolous mother nature of India wid a small siesta i finaly reached my destination .
1400 Hrs IST Agra....I reached my uncle's place and my whole family had gathered dre,everyone was delighted to see me. so was I..dse functions give u a chance to meet everyone after a long time and share wonderful moments wid them.Having no time in my bag,i quickly got ready and headed towards the venue and following the long old indian tradition the bride's family was there to greet and welcome us with warm heart...the ceremony started,my cousin was blushing like anything,and after the ring ceremony we had a snap shot session in which everyone ws posing a beautiful smile in the shutters of the camera...everyone was happy wid d ongoings of d occasion and after the scrumptious meal and dances,the ceremony ended at arnd 2200hrs IST...i really had a great time partying around and was a memorable expeirence....bt Time and tide waits for none....and i ws back to my city the very next day.......
Signing Offf
Shantanu Consul

Thursday, October 9, 2008

"A Knight Errant"

Tick!! tick!! Tick!!!....The time machine takes me back to an amazing year of Anno Dommini .i.e 2005..one of the most amazing year of my life...I had given my first board exams this very year nd secured 88%, i wasnt happy though cos i am fond of a wonderful word called "MORE"..but still having an amazing knack of satisfying myself wid wat destiny showers upon me ...I ws promoted to the 11th standard...I had joined Bansal classes jaipur nd like my other friends who wre carryin loadz of grey matter...i was preparing for landing into the Indian Institutes of Technology. Bansal's was fun during our school vacations,i used to go dre wid a motive of dream and drive striving hard to get into upper batches.....9Hrs tests wid three long question papers of Physics,chemistry and Mathematics.... canteen capsicum sandwiches....DPP's..Mrs Bansal's elephant and camel's way of logarithm....beautiful girls of Jaipur....though remaining fancy-free.....etc etc..and wat not!!in my 16th journey of revolving arnd the sun..i was travelling thru one of the most busy voyage of my life..Bon Voyage though..lolz
Schools again banged on in the month of July..I was excited and joyed to meet my pals again...We wre into the category of seniors and were happy to be appointed as the members of the School Council...gaffer of our juniors...July passed by solving DPP's and tutorial sheets in my school wid all my dedication towards Bansal's stuff....August was the harbinger of my first unit test and to my surprise i was not able to score good marks in school inspite being promoted to a higher batch in Bansal's ,it was denI decided to pay equal attention to my school studies which gradually began to draw my attention away from the Bansal's stuff....i was happy though .i luv changes in my life and i belive in myself ,i wanted a good percentage and wid dis thunder in my mind....i started involving myself into more of extra curricular stuff.....
All India Radio Station,Jaipur.11:20 am.IST...it was the month of september but could still feel the cotching heat... i was coming out of the studio wid a million dollar smile on my face...I had won the zonals of the SAARC quiz....and my smile crossed the streets of jaipur...wen i heard that i had to go to Mumbai for the nationals....
Mumbai was undergoing a disaster due to floods that had claimed many lives so my parents told a big NO to my trip to Mumbai but i wanted to go anyhow,it was my achievement...by some hook or crook i managed to get my tickets through Jaipur bandra express as i had been provided with the TADA by the AIR and soon was bidding a goodbye to jaipur..wid a promise to c my beautiful pink city after two days....
The train journey was splendid and i landed along wid one of my sir at the Bandra Station,at 6:00 am in the morning...it was raining heavily out dre ..i could feel the tang of this beautiful city, I was like wow!!!........I had travelled alone b4 but this moment was really amazing and special, the excitement had just begun...wid my airbag in my hand,tapping my shoes on the platform..we went to the Local Station to catch a fast local for Mumbai Central....and soon we wre at the All India Radio building at Churchgate,the township which is often refferd to as the Colonial Bombay wid all british architecture and desgins.....
I waited for the Station Master for an hour...a moustached man wid a marathi touch was finally dre....i went up to him and showed him the letter which i had got from the Jaipur Station and he acceded by provinding me an accomodation in the AIR Guest House...i was quickly off to my room as i had to get ready for the quiz at 11:00 AM....i was back to the studio...bt dis time it was Mumbai bigger than jaipur and having Radio Speakers who had many laurels badged to them...we wre being aired throghout India and i was feeling proud of myself....wid many boon and recession situations in the hot hours , i had to finally settle wid the third position.....bt i was still happy and hungry...lolzz..hunger was killing me...we quickly went to a gujrati restaurant Samrat to take lunch...phewww!!!.i thanked the restaurateur for killing the rats in my stomach..i still had a day and a half to catch my train back and nw tat i had the guest house room.i was tension free..Amachi Mumbai excitement was fascnating me...so to bang on we headed towards the Gateway of India feeling the beautiful ambience of the Taj Mahal Hotel overlookin the Arabain Sea...after having a few photo sessions, we headed for the Marine Drive or "Queen's Neclace" walking down the lane of CCI club and Air India Building....landing on the pedestrian on the oder side...we had finally reached the long queen's necklace.... strolling and viewing the beautiful BOMBAY and recordin each and every moment wid BMW's nd Mercedes swifitng the roads at 100/120 Kmph....skycrapers of mumbai kissing the Airhostess...couples smooching..and wat not!!!.....it had started raining....nd d excitement doubled...we walked for abt 4 kms....nd finally stopped at the salt lake rest to have some refreshemnt nd den took a taxi back to the guest house which was nearby to change our clothes........We wre bck into action nd took a taxi too Munis Market..a muslim area wid a big gulshan e iran restaurant...i cld only find muslim settlemnts dre.... as i entered the complex ,i found a world full of various goods at a price less than a pence bt i found the market a bit scary and quickly rushed out and took a taxi back to the churchgate area...we also came across fashion street which was a never ending sale of clothes on d pedestrian....i was astonished to c abt 3-4 km long fashion world..everything was proving to be fun.....it was 10:00 pm already and we had to take our dinner...we had a king sized dinner as we had been on our foots throughout the day. and at abt 11:00 am ..we wre back to the guest house nd wre off to a gud nite sleep wid lots of sweet memories of d day............
Trin trin!!!!!...my Nokia phone disturbed my sleep once again,it was morning 6:00 AM my mum had called to know abt my well being,she was feelin alone.and concerned..she wanted me to b bck soon!!My train was at 14:30...the same day...it ws the last day of dis wonderful trip..so widout wasting anytime..
I quickly got ready,wore a blue shirt...as its one of my fav colors.nd wid a trillion dollar smile..again..i headed towards the Mahalaxmi temple..we came across the US Consulate and could see a que of 1000 mtrs...gosh ppl r crazy for America...we quickly finshed the morning darshans and still having time in our bag...we headed for the Juhu beach...Juhu is modern Mumbai,residential area of big flim stars....Santa Cruz airport...clubs ..etc etc.......
yippieee
Jeans folded....wid sand crystals kissing my feet...i was enjoying the beautiful splashing sound of the waves.....Juhu beach is real fun...we had Pav Bhaji on Juhu Chowpati getting a discount of Rs 25...as the owner was a Rajasthani...lolzz...Thanxx Rajasthan for everything...
Watching beautiful fairies...feeling the warmth of the morning sunlight ...watching boys in shorts playing....nd humming some fine tunes...time passed...it was already 13:00 hrs... we quickly rushed back to the guest house..checked out.and wid our bags on in our hands again........and we were quickly off.. to the take a Local to the Mumbai Central...i wnted to feel each and evry moment of this errant....it was time too bid a sweet goodbye to this wonderful city...a city which g embraces evrybody wid warmth and love...i thanked the almighty for adding these two wondeful days in my life.....and as i had promised to my pink city...i reached safe and sound the next day... a fab experience in all!!!

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i had shared one of d most amazing errant of my life... i hope u'll lyk it..and wid note of trying much better next time...Shantanu consul
Signing offf...............

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

"Amazing Lines"

. I would like to share these wondeful lines which i found in my inbox..dated 20th July 2001. ..

"Each boy must train himself to think clearly so that he will be willing to come to conclusions that may be different from what he has expected and may point to something different from what we were brought up to believe to be the accepted order. He must train his body to undergo hardships and be prepared for unexpected discomforts, and above all he must awaken and sharpen his sympathies for and understanding of people outside his own class and circle."
I found them really amazing.....
Welll...this is nt written by me bt still i wanted to share these lines wid my readers....I hope u'll like it too....
Signing off

"End of a Daylight"

It ws 5:00 AM Indian Standard time...the sweet alarm of my phone broke my irritating snoring sound and i was up from a wonderful phantasmagoria..though i share my dreams,both good and bad ones (wid an excpetion of d sweet ones hehe) wid my mom early in the morning bt this one was different i wanted it to keep it to myself...so smiling in front of the mirrror wid my eyelids opened less than a quarter....i was brushing my teeth..for arnd 5 mins..humming a strange tune..i am very peculiar about time and like to b punctual as i hear every now and den "Indians aren't punctual".. it sounds odd to me.. so i always try to bang on things on time..it was 5:30...my jogging time...i was off to the rose garden ..about two kms fm my place,wid my i pod in my ears...strolling ..feeling the beautiful early morning breeze ....and wonderful ambience of roses..i finshed my jog and ws back home at arnd 6:30...continuing wid my workouts i finished my yoga arnd 7:30.....It ws newspaper time..The Times of India,The Danik Bhaskar the morning lifeline of the nation..changing the lives of millions of people everyday...i hope someday they'll change my life too....well jokes apart...i took the english daily in my hand....nd the headlines annoyed me once again-"Market Bloodbath triggers tragedy in the US"...the great recession in the world economy continues,ruines millions of lives.....i seriously don't want the existing economic system to fail...so wid d hope it wld get better next week...i moved on....then was one of the most shocking news for me...."Sourav Ganguly announces retirement"..........i was like damn!! "why did he do dis?" ...i dnt like the way the electronic media potray the news here in india...they are like the indian police,they thrash a cat untill it is compelled to commit that it is a tiger.i think e-media played an important role in his retirement .anyways ...cnt help...bt sourav announcing retirment made me nostalgic..Cricket in india is a religion...nd like the rest billion population of India ...i m a follower of this wondeful game too....this decision ws a surprise to me and my mind was recalling the era fm 1996-2006 wen he was enjoying one of the best decade of his life....his first test century at debut at Lords in 1996....the 183 against Sri Lanka at Taunton.in 1999.. the then india skipper lead india to the finals of WC 2003 in South Africa etc etc etc etc......"Prince of kolkata"..'Royal Bengal tiger","Most succesful Indian Captain he is badged wid all these laurels and titles....and he seriously deserves them..in my view he was the most aggresive captain and wen he used to lead the players,he used to look as if it was Alexander leading his army into the battlefield ...bt today the man who made this current indian squad was struggling for his place in d syd ,ws facing persecution and had to annouce his retirement finally...it is truly said...Time and tide waits for none..Times shows it aftershocks on everyone, wen it is showering all its love,blessings,wealth "a dog also feels it is a lion" .but every apsect has a saturation,situations are bound to change wid time.. nothing is stationary..it happens wid evrybody ..and i truly feel that it is a "End of a daylight" a day not less than a doomsday In Indian cricket....i respect Sourav and his contribution to the game of cricket and he will remain in our hearts forever....


I feel i ve written too much...m a miser at writing...but will try and improve myself...
All the best
Signing off

Ahem ahem!!! ...well inaugration stuff..!!!

Well!!! This is my first post...i need all the good,best,choclaty,scotchy wishes so that i move on and express my views.As my blog headline says "A new era for me"i feel it really suits me,the world around me is changing as if m on a roller coaster ride nt even getting a chance to glance at the situations passing by,but i guess m enjoying it ...everything in life is ought to be enjoyed,i enjoyed the period when i used to procrastinate my work and had loadzz of time..tht was fun....nyways time has changed,i ve changed,things arnd me have changed.
Life,this quadcore word has great depth within..and at evrypoint it teaches,nurtures,plays...wid the do's and dont's of my actions..I am only 19 now bt wen i take a look back i feel a lot has passed by wid an unimaginable speed and a whole lot is ready to pave my so called future.....now it all depends how i canalise this path cause am an ambitious person and for all the so called ambitions..i need to utilize the time thts paving my future ...i believe in Maslow's heirachy theory to some extent ...it says "Need is the greatest motivator of time"...i am not boasting or something...i am jus being truthful...Hope i can acheive wat i desire...lolzzzz...