The Final Lap

So, I get back to college for the start of my last semester.Now, the last semester for any engineer is paradise and for a hosteller its eternal bliss..and why?? 

Because..

1. Classes 2 hours a day and that leaves you with 22 hours of free time..

2. Breakfast ,lunch and dinner everyday irrespective of whether or not you do your daily chores like bathing and sometimes brushing too !!!

3.  No nagging. You don’t have to listen to “ Don’t sleep in the evening.Goddess Lakshmi will  deprive this home of wealth” ( Yes,I live in an orthodox family! )

4. Loads of free time leaves you with plenty to get drunk and get over the hangover so that you can go to class on time..if you ever  planned on doing so!

5. Well, the list can go and on and on; which shall essentially translate into anther numbered list of  “What I planned to do with this time”.. (Yes, I am a girl who is obsessed with numbered lists and I like striking them off one by one like a serial killer and his pre-planned victims.. :D)

 The top four that made it to my list titled “New-Sem Resolutions”..

1.Hit the Gym : Something I have put off for 3 years and will probably keep doing so!  But like every girl, I yearn for that oh-so- perfect legs which I plan to show off in Goa, which has earned a place on my list !

2. Eat more fruits and veggies and drink milk: As I am a picky eater, mom(Amma, as i fondly call her.. who to my great dismay.. graduated in Home Science..Which had like three subjects just on Nutrition) always had to force green veggies down my throat quoting different ailments of which I would be a victim of had I dared not to eat. I am sure my neighbours always heard me get beat up for pouring the milk down the drain. :D :D
Well, now I don’t stay at home anymore! So no more beating for me (yayy!!) But when you Google.. (Which I do very often for almost anything) stuff like. “How to have silky hair..Or beautiful skin”. There is always the line “EAT FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES”( I am becoming obsessed with looks..Probably a result of knowing that I’d be in the business world in a few months where girls/women are hot! )

3. Go Goa!! : A constant desperation to travel has led to frustration. Because I am the only girl in a gang of 8. And that stops me from going for night –stays. Not that I mind. I think they do! :D  Plus I have not had the chance to travel much. Because being a Andhrite automatically takes away the 10^th, 11th and 12^th stds of your life, and after 12^th std you are made to visit temples to thanks various Gods. ( My sister and I were made to visit so many..that at one point of time..When we were woken up at 4 in the morning and taken to a really ancient temple..and the statues were so old that we did not know in that sleepy state whether to say “Om Namah Shivaya “ or “Namo Narayana”) Anyway coming back, Goa..With anyone willing to accompany me!!! And why Goa?? Because I am a beach-lover and a bo**e lover!! :D  A must-do.

4. Score a 10 : A 10.. That perfect score. No. Not my GPA. That’s beyond my wildest dreams! A 10 in a subject.. at least one subject.. I have not been able to manage that in all my 7 semesters. and I plan(I always did.. and it has failed :P ) on getting the AA which has been avoiding its presence in my grade card! !  I have very strongly decided to reject my degree on the day of my Convocation...saying “Sir, I don’t deserve it”, in case I don’t get the 10 !! (I am a bit of a drama queen you see!!!).


This was how I planned out my semester..But as you know life is full of surprises, you never know what might happen next. Maybe I’ll surprise myself by striking all of them off!!!!
:D

The Ultimate Question??!

“ Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values” – Ayn Rand

Heavy words huh?! ..this is not a philosophical note about happiness..values..and blah..but the purpose of quoting the statement is to share the motive behind this post. (Re-read it after you’ve read the post)

To begin with.. Here’s a question..How many of us have heard a boy  ( be it boy-friend or guy-friend or “just”-friends….)  say the words.. “I would like a wife who doesn’t work..”.. or “I prefer someone traditional”.. !!!
If you have and if it infuriated you.. you can read the following blissfully .. If it did not get you furious..then all the more reason to read on..
 

So..I come to a college like the rest of them ( “them..they..he..you”  shall henceforth refer to the boy(s) who said IT)  .. by working my ass off.. in my school to have good grades.. struggle through days of mental torture in my 11^th and 12^th grades..and try to keep up my g(rade)pa (Well it wasn’t much up! ) as good as theirs..(Enough of grades !) And they  have the nerve to tell me .. again and again and again.. “We don’t want someone who works and blah”..
Well what do you expect.. to hang out and have fun in college you’d want a girl who’s intellectually competent but when it comes to a lifetime.. are you scared that she’d outdo you? Does the male hormone( or whatever it is ) inject you guys with loads of insecurity along with tonnes of ego??
Its not a question of a boy rejecting me or some crap like that.. but its what I have heard from my peers..(and well some relatives too!.. ) and their stories too.
Thats point one.

Coming to point number two..
You like a girl..you like the fact that she is wild and fun and a daredevil..Then why the hell do you want to exert control over her?

You drink..and vandalise bikes on the road..but she cant drink?? Well ..ok..its not safe to get drunk and go out..but  Why cant she drink when she’s alone and rotting in her room..? Just coz she’s girl? I am not a “fight for women’s rights activist”.. but these are some small things that piss me off..

Really… seriously.. these are the words which come to my mind when I hear these sort of things..

We are living in a time when a woman can do everything a man can (well almost).. and yet the Indian mindset has changed so little..

We do what we do to make us happy in our life..ultimately that’s the goal.. isn’t it?

Then what do people get by spoiling someone’s happiness???
 If you love your wife ..or your girl or anyone.. Let them be happy.. for happiness is all that matters..

Its not only about a job..or a drink..or a dress..or a sutta.. these are just examples of how we people think..examples I have seen and heard in life so far..Its applies to everyone..not just a boy..to parents who do not let their children pursue their dreams.. Or a wife who nags her husband.. or a mother in law who simply harasses her daughter in law just to have power.. 

For everyone out there who’s been a victim of this sort..

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout:
“This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don't fit your idea of who I should be and don't try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision”.