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Sunday, February 12, 2006

night skimming

i went on this really nice trip to IIM K sometime back. all the way back from K, i was thinking about a suitable blog post which would try n encapsulate portions of what was really an outstanding trip...barring the train journey though. but college & life in general have conspired against me making a huge song n' post about the whole trip...so i'll just add the footnotes about the whole journey.

1) at the nth repeat, kerala is a really beautiful place & unique too. there arent a lot of places where you could probably get a waterfall AND a beach within 2 hours of each other. (not obv referring to the two hours of your private gulfstream

)

2) contrary to my (popular ?) perception,..100% literacy doesnt mean that everybody can understand what you are trying to say in English/Hindi. there were places where i was mistaken for a foreigner & people whom i had to communicate using that old sticks-in-sand routine.

3) 7 in the morning is the most charming time to visit any new place. the crowds havent built up yet & the city smells almost pleasant. though not delhi..smells even worse in mornings

4) driving through a green, winded & isolated country-side early in the morning inevitably leads you to sing "The End" on & on. somehow, the music just blends in the situation.

5) konkan railway is a overblown bag of tourist propaganda. its nowhere near the exotic experience, its made out to be. its just a lot of tunnels.

6) vada-pav is the staple/only food in maharashtra. they eat vada-pav like there's no tomorrow.breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner..name it pal & u get the same old twin loaf thingy with an incongrous fried vada in between.

7) there are no traffic lights in kozikhode.thats such a relief..buzzzzz!!!!!! ooops! that was my auto whizzing by another auto which was whizzing past another...drive safe guys. schumacher is not fit to tie your bootlaces. now, can i get to the station please ?

8) i find bits of my old township wherever i go. whether that be an abandoned roadside cyclewaala or a home built right inside a grove...that feels so much like me. its the whole air of the place, you know. feels like i am coming home

9) you are never lonely at the seaside.

10) one last thing, if you are a CAT aspirant & have a call from IIM K, dont worry about the rank of the campus in all those surveys. poor guys cant even participate in them ( neither does FMS, i am told

)..the campus is worth staying..& unless you are that IIT stud who is gonna be a shoo-in for Mckenzie or that London iBank, forget about placement reports and choose a Life. trust me, its not a bad bargain.

last..one habit that i have picked up due to lack of creative time at college is reading the blog referrals that my tireless, if bored, blog tracker comes up with...i wish people would stop trying to fuel their wet dreams about my classmates here. how n00bile can you get..i know your ip, time of referral & place of residence. atleast start learning how to google.

Posted at 01:56 am by Lord Q


	LI March 7, 2006 09:49 AM PST Literacy is defined by Indian Givernment as the ability to write and sign your name and count upto ten. May be us mallus the first ones to see this definition :-D


	uRmad February 14, 2006 10:41 PM PST LOL...Loved the second observation !!! literacy is a localized phenomenon i guess ;)

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