The past few days -part 3

22.10.11 - Went to the counsellor's at Indiranagar. He seemed all calm and said writing TOEFL in December was OKAY cos i wasn't focussing on applying to a Masters in Science program anyway! Thank god for that! he also told me i'd be better off with management internships if i were to apply to a course in management. So, yeah that's my next step. He seemed much more concerned than me that i was throwing away my electronics degree to pursue management. Honestly, electronics is reeeeally boring and dry!( Except Microelectromechanical systems, which was pretty interesting!). It's a miracle i made it through without breaking down completely! It dampened my spirit and made me behave VERY differently from what i am. I was SPIRITLESS for three whole years...okay, that was a bit dramatic. I wasn't "spiritless" lol but things are definitely better now that i don't have any electronics text books around me! :D
So anyway, apart from management, i am even interested in Bioengineering, which is a combo of biology and electronics. ( Only the biology part of it appeals, though. The electronics part makes me want to gag! ). I am at a fork right now and i don't know what path to choose!... Gah, i should have just gone to some beauty school in Paris and set up my own salon! Now that sounds soo much more fun! :D I still hope to do it some day!!
Anyway, back to the topic, I'm still a little fuddled on what course to take up. Will let you know when i DO choose something!!
So, by the time i was done talking to the counsellor i worked up quite an appetite and was raring to eat! :D Had a yummy lunch!

Left for home immediately after lunch and caught a cold by the time i got there :| Booked my TOEFL exam for the 10th of Dec in Chennai and waded off to sleep! Woke up with a slight fever and a heavy head today.. So here i am, all sick and cranky. Will catch you later. Toodles! :)

The past few days -part 2 : Men and buses- a nasty combo?

20.10.11- woke up (sometime in the afternoon, again) and went downstairs for breakfast. I can't remember what it was but i didn't feel like eating it so just drank some coconut water and darted off to watch a few episodes of modern family.I can never get enough of it! It's so hilarious and most importantly, realistic!None of the shit where the family hugs each other and cries and has emotional talks and says "i love you" in overly sentimental and grateful tones like in most soaps..By the time i was done watching a few episodes, it was evening! How time flies! Out of the blue, i remembered i was supposed to go to the Sai Baba temple in malleshwaram.Got dressed in a jiffy and me and Priya headed out amidst my granny screaming that we shouldn't take an auto cos the guy would kidnap us, apparently. A few incidents once in a blue moon and bam! Every auto driver becomes a wannabe kidnapper in the eyes of overprotective adults.
We decided to take her advice anyway and waited at the bus stop.With  no bloody volvo in sight, we had to make do with a pushpak.Ah, there were a few seats in the end and we triumphantly raced to them. The men sitting there gave us "looks"..i don't know what to make of those "looks" but i know they weren't good in any way,just menacing.They looked like they wanted us out of their "territory" ( the last few seats are usually the male bastion, if i may say so :P ). My antenna was up in the air, as is usually the case when there are too many unknown men around and i tried my best to look at them defiantly.But shameless as they were, it didn't deter them from giving more "looks" .. Arrgghh! And one creep came a little too close for comfort and i had to make a show of calling the police ( which is actually quite ridiculous. Like the police gives a hoot about such stuff) but it was my best option and it helped! The guy sunk back and didn't come close again. Phew! I had had enough of the bus by then and made a mental note to tell my granny how i was never going to listen to her yap about how safe buses were :|
When we got off the bus, an air of relief went through me! I stared at the bus scathingly and started walking towards the temple. Bought roses on the way to give at the temple. I love the flower market in Malleshwaram. Everything looks so fresh and beautiful! ( not when seen through my 2MP camera though! My apologies for putting up hazy pictures! )

Then, we were off to the temple and got back from the darshan in about half an hour. After a quick dinner ,we scooted off to the bus stop. Yup, no matter how much you hate advice from your grandmother, it's always deeply ingrained in your head! Gran always said autos are unsafe, especially after 9 in the night and it was 9.30 now :P We got into the first bus that came and i saw these men sitting in seats reserved for women. I tapped one guy's shoulder ( he was pretending to be asleep, by the way) and asked him to get up and he made excuses about how he had to hold a huge bag and stuff. i told him i'd hold it.Then another member of the clan came to this guy's rescue saying he wasn't well and stuff, which was OBVIOUSLY  bullshit! Persistence paid off and the guy finally "gave up" his seat.And almost like in a chain, three other guys who were sitting  in "women only" seats got up too! Me and priya and two other girls were all smug and gloated in out seats. Things were fine but after a while, the guy who i asked to get up sat in a "women-only" seat adjacent to me and gave me "looks"..aarrgghh! Seriously! what's with these men? Did i lower his ego and degrade his masculinity by asking him to move? Whatever it is, these guys have ISSUES!!

The past few days -part 1.

19.10.11 - Woke up with a start, sometime around afternoon, realizing that i still hadn't booked a date for my TOEFL exam! Now, my GRE scores are completely useless if i don't have TOEFL scores to boot so i started calling friends frantically, wondering what to do. Nothing anybody said could help so i decided to check available dates and horrors of horrors!- The only  "nearest" available date was the 10th of Dec!! That too in Chennai! Not knowing what to do, i decided to consult a Counsellor the next day. Right.He or she will know what to do.I must just give my mind some rest and relaaaax.
So, me and Priya went to the library. i borrowed  'The undomestic Goddess' by Sophie Kinsella and 'Shabanu- daughter of the wind' by somebody, Can't remember the author. Then we headed out for some Golgappa. I generally don't like chaats and junk food and stuff ( if you give me a bowl of the yummiest snack in the world and a bowl of rice, I will most probably choose the latter) but the sound of golgappas that day just sounded so appealing , i just HAD to get some.And boy, am i glad! It was EXTREMELY spicy and yummmmmmm!!

yum yum yum!

Started walking home at around 8.30 pm. bought a packet of "hot-chips"  to eat on the way..I wouldn't have bought it if i were my usual self but then again, i was actin weird and chose "junk" over rice so i must have been pretty stressed :P ..So, we got home at around 9 and decided to try on those korean masks i mentioned in a previous entry.The one below is an eye mask.

 

Bean shaped eye patches

The mask is soo refreshing! My eyes felt all parched and dry before but these patches gave me much needed relief. We tried taking "scary" pics with the mask on. Sadly enough, they didn't turn out all that scary :P

A venomous blue for a spine-chilling effect :P

We kept it on for an hour or so and just talked and talked. Before we knew it, it was time to take off the masks  and call it a day ( Do you sense double entendre here? :P). oh before i go, pics of my phone pouch!! :)

The piano pouch is mine!! :D The mail thingy is Priya's.

How cute is that!