Recent Flashback.

The last two or three weeks have been a whirlwind of events and emotions. The 1st day of the last month of the year saw the start of the fourth semester. Fourth semester already. Time flies like crazy here. And the new semester meant 5 law subjects instead of only 2. Doesn't seem to be too much of a problem till now though. There's a new and young teacher who's here to teach us Criminal Law. Souvik Roy. A Bengali. All the girls here seem to be swooning all over him. I mean, yeah okay he's all young, fair and cute and everything, but he's a teacher nevertheless. Plus he doesn't seem to be teaching much. And he has that weird attitude cuz he's from London and everything. Anyway, why am I even talking about him. This post was intended to be about something else.
So a lot of events took place in college last month. A "lot of" by NLUO standards at least. First the photography competition from 10th-14th. At the risk of sounding extremely arrogant, I cannot help but mention that it was really my brainchild, holding an independent event of that sort, right from getting the permission to organizing the entire thing. Though it wasn't much of a difficult task really, except perhaps the getting the certificates made part. I am just glad the whole thing was successful. I had been expecting only some 5-7 applicants. Got an overwhelming response - from 16 people. That was way more than I had anticipated. And some really good pictures I got too. I was really impressed with some of the talent we have out here. Will try and upload some of them later on this site if I can, though they are already up there on Facebook.
Next came the 2-day cultural event organised by a few of my friends here. And it was perhaps the best thing that happened last month. Okay ONE of the best things. But more on that later. :)
So 18th afternoon was the movie screening (Dil Chahta Hai), and the evening saw the cultural event. Finally got to perform officially for the first time in my college. Two days of practice (I can't be blamed, the whole event itself was held at very short notice) and I managed to turn up with 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' with the guitar and 'Tum Ho Toh' without instruments, the latter being a dedication to one of my classmates out there. Nope I'm not revealing who yet. Yet again I realized I have a long way to go before I actually overcome stage frights. Screwed up my performance with messed up lyrics and what I believe was a half-shaky voice. But my college-mates are too nice to admit that, and all I could get out of any of them were only praises, when I know for a fact that I wasn't even half of what I had hoped to be up on the stage. But all's well that ends well. Despite all the flaws there was a feel good air about everything. The rest of the performances were great and the crowd was extremely encouraging. Oh, and I got two roses from the Registrar (Pinaki Sir) and the rganizers for my performance. :D
What followed next was a sneak-peak into what was to come the next day for the much anticipated DJ-night. And before we knew it, the DJ night had arrived, the whole place being transformed into a dance floor in a way we had never quite imagined. It finally felt and looked like NLUO was having fun, both the batches together, with the decibels soaring high and onlookers from the adjoining road doing what they do - yes, onlooking. :P A lot of pictures from that day too. Overall, a very nice weekend. And a very missed weekend. Because the very next day came the surprise snap tests. Which, as expected, went horrible. So much for expecting our teachers to be considerate.
But the last week before the college shut down for the holidays wasn't that bad to be. Results. And surprisingly well I did. Too well, in fact, by my normal standards. Under any given normal circumstance, my grade point for any subject would not be anything more than an E('Excellent'), except for may be Pol. Science (where sir is kind enough to distribute the one grade sized like him - an O ('Outstanding')). But this time, I managed to get an O in THREE FRIGGIN' SUBJECTS!! One of them being Contracts. Yes, that very same contracts where I had left out 20 marks due to dearth of time. No idea how I managed it, but I consider this to be one huge achievement in my college career so far. The other (expected) subjects where I managed to bag the 'O-some' grade are of course Pol. Sc and French. Okay I wasn't too sure about French, I mean, to be very honest, I really don't know French in the true sense. Still, the hunch was nevertheless there. The remaining subjects weren't bad either - an E in Eco, A+ in Constitutional Law (a great feat for me, once again!) and a B+ in Socio. Oh well, I was never good in the social sciences anyway. And however much I want to change the way our society thinks and works, I could never read up all those innumerable articles on Feminism and Masculinity. So no regrets there.
So it has been a more or less good year altogether. Like I said, all's well that ends well. Also, Christmas is almost here. (eeeeeeeeeeeeee :D ) The mood is festive and light, and the future couldn't seem more bright. Here's wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in advance. My next post will probably see light in the new year. Till then -
Taketh care world.

Adrenaline Rush.

He was running as fast as he could. There was no way he could stop. There was not a single person in sight. No cars, no houses, no nothing. the entire street was empty. Where is everybody? He could not stop to even turn back to see if his pursuer was still there. He could not take the chance. He knew very well how powerful his adversary was and that every microsecond lost was an inch closer to his foreboding doom.

He knew he was still being followed. He could feel it. He was sure he could hear his pursuer's breath. Yes, a definite panting. No it isn't just the beating of your heart. Someone is definitely breathing behind you. Run! He could not stop. His life was still in danger. Keep running. Faster. Faster! FASTER!


To be continued.