Campus fauna

I am posting this when I have loads of other things to do. 3 assignments and an exam fast approaching. But, this is the best time to blog.

Woke up today and opened the door to find a sparrow on the floor, right outside my room. I find mornings quite musical if I pay attention to the chirping of these birds. I always wonder what they try to communicate. This particular one was quite busy. It was making frequent trips from the grill to the fuse box, then it would fly off somehwere and reappear in less than a minute.Then I started thinking about all the animals around us on campus. There are so many of them: sparrows, butterflies, bees, dogs, lizards, mosquitoes, frogs, squirrels, dragonflies etc.

Sparows here are pretty brave. They have built their nests at places that are quite risky, they venture into the mess without fear, they disturb classes if the need be.

I think it was after reading 'The Alchemist' that I started observing butterflies. There are the regular orange and pale yellow ones along with the not so commom, bright red or blue coloured ones with wonderful patterns on their wings. The path through the guest house is full of them. It feels quite nice to spot some new pattern while walking to the class.

Then there are bees. This dumb bee which comes into my room every evening when I switch the light on, is particularly annoying. It must one of those residing in the huge hive on the lamp post in front of our wing.

Dogs aren't very comforting when they are barking and you are walking all alone, down a road at night. But otherwise they are okay.

Coming to lizards, I have seen the fattest and ugliest lizards here in IIIT. They have more than enough food here. There is that greyish-yellowish-brown one which is always around the wash basins in the bathroom, there is an exceptionally ugly one which has recently regrown its tail, there are 2-3 more living in the bathroom, and a few more that keep roaming around in the wing. I have no problems until they don't come inside my room. This fear of having a lizard in my room prevented me from opening the back window of my room for many months. But with the current hot weather, I've given up.

Mosquitoes, well as soon as I finish this post and go to bed, they'll be ready for their daily dose of blood. They have spoilt many nights when I could've slept peacefully. But my tendencies against all-out, odomos and mosquito-nets leaves me to their mercy.

Talking about frogs, I have actually seen very few frogs alive. I mostly find their corpses on the road. What a way to die, being crushed to death under a bike, poor things. But they don't seem to be learning from their mistakes. Every single day they lose a few a members of their community.

I'm sure there'll be some snakes also (I found a snake's skin once near the guest house). But at least there is no danger of leopards or anything.

Quite a pointless post, but then what the heck? Who wants to be sensible? At least not me.

Questions

• Why can't I come up with good excuses for being late for the morning PT?


• Why didn't I get a PT credit in the second sem in spite of more than enough attendance?


• Why can't I slog regularly?


• Where do all the lizards go during the day and reappear at night?


• How did South Africa chase 434 runs successfully?


• Why doesn't Supreeth like the nickname 'Billu'?


• Is Ideal an android or is it just flawless discipline?


• Why are some blogs so boring?


• While some others so hilarious?


• Why does my room door bang loudly when I close it and the opposite window is open?


• Why does Lord have such horrible taste when it comes to music?


• How can people like Friends more than Coupling?


• Can we not talk nonsense, once in a while?


• What purpose does having a babaji on campus serve?


• Can politicians stop wasting money on Yatras?


• Why is it so difficult to be honest to yourself?

This gal doesnt just ask a question, she answers it perfectly.

A week full of inactivity

Monday always does this to me. Gives me a new sense of enthusiasm, hope, energy. So after a week full of nothing I am back to normal.

The past week was spent doing absolutely nothing. My frustoo levels reached a new high. I did little except sleeping in classes during the day and random blog surfing in the afternoons. But the evenings were the worst, I would stand in the corridor staring at the sky and muttering 'life sucks' at regular intervals. I don't think I've had a frustooer week. So, I'll just erase it from my memory.

Some important events of the week gone by:

• + South Africa beat Australia chasing 434 runs successfully, this is
  ultra-hyper-super-duper-atibhayankar fodu.


• + Alonso won the Bahrain Grand Prix, Raikonnen displayed his well known fighting skills, finishing third after starting from the back. This is a good start to the F1 season.


• - Federer lost to Nadal yet again, damn it! The fact that Nadal was just back after an injury is even more disturbing.


• + The Blank Noise Blogathon was a success.


• + Saw quite a few movies in an attempt to block out the frustoo thoughts in my mind:
  
  
  
  • Before sunrise, Before sunset: Romantic stuff with a unique plot
  
  
  • 50 First Dates, Jerry McGuire: Usual romantic stuff
  
  
  • Sin City: Comic adapted to a movie, pretty good. The narrator's voice is the main feature of the movie.
  
  
  • Crash: Well worthy of the Oscar it got
  
  
  • Godfather: Nothing beats this, no matter how many times over you watch it.
  
  
  • Walk the Line: Good performances by Joacquine Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. Johnny Cash
    kind of music was a good change for my ears used to rock.
  
  
  
  
• + Bathrooms in the wings now have tubelights!


• - Haven't managed to get a summer project yet.


• + Realised that not getting/doing a summer project might not be a bad idea.


• + My first quiz as quiz master went okay, I guess. Reactions and suggestions are welcome.


• + I'm half way through the book called 'A Fine Balance'. I think I'll finish it in a few days.


• - LAN was bad throughout the week. The 'Connection timed out' message was too damn frequent.

Interesting how so many things cropped up when I was writing about a week with zilch activity.

Blank Noise Project

A blogathon was held as a part of this project on 7th March.

I read quite a few posts. Very disturbing. I completely support this effort against eve-teasing and sexual harrasement. I think I can at least do this little bit to help strengthen the voice.

Here is a link to the official blog: Blank Noise project

It's a beautiful day?

Loud music helps. All the thoughts in my mind get drowned in the ocean of sounds created by Tom Morello's guitar. I have always been absolutely against posting any frustoo stuff. I have made fun of Neon for frustoo posting. But today I am doing just that. I guess it'll help to get rid of the thoughts in my mind. I don't even know whether I'll actually publish this post. If I do, and you happen to read,I suggest you not to read further.

Had my first experience of being rejected today. But it isn't that bad. Till yesterday, I did not know or I was not sure of what I want to do. Today I finally made up my mind, I had to face a quick no as reply. I don't know the reason. But I guess it was beyond my control. At least the confusion is over. There is no turning back. I have seldom turned back after starting something. I will chase this to the end, whatever it may be.

When I got up today and opened the door of my room, I saw the green expanse in front of my eyes. I could hear "It's a beautiful day!" in my mind. The day was really a beautiful one. It rained, rained heavily. Everything looked fresh and happy. The rains in the past 2 days have been a relief from the heat. The weather has been very good. It helps when I don't want to think about things that bother me.

Lets see if tomorrow has something better in store.