I got Books, Boo yeah!

• Emerging Mind by Vilayanur.S.Ramachandran
• The Man who mistook his wife for a hat by Dr.Oliver Sacks
• Sherlock Holmes
• Feluda by Satyajit Ray
• Story of my Life by Hellen Keller
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
• Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud
• Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

Yes, A totally wide range! Something different from what I normally read. :)

Note: I'm currently reading Emerging Mind and it's fabulous! Prospognosia, synesthesia, neglect, phantom limbs. WOW.

A Thousand Words.

The End of An Experience.

So today I finished the SAT 1.
How was It? More or less as expected. Initially I had a problem with time (?) but I soon recovered.

Preparing for SAT was interesting and gave me a chance to improve my vocabulary. Its actually hard to believe, in hindsight, that I'm actually *done* with it.

Whether this will open new vistas in my life or whether it signifies the end of the road for me, will be decided on Judgement Day.

But it was a wonderful experience: preparing and taking the SAT, I mean. :)

So I guess I should get on to more fruitful pursuits (other than blogging a vote of thanks to SAT! )
Like Physics.

ಹದಿನೇಳು

So I'm 17.
This year's going to be interesting, fun and challenging.
I hope I learn new things, meet new people and see some exotic places.
:)


*Heights of Formal Speech*

Why the Brouhaha?

22-Jan-2012

We all have 'idiosyncrasies'. Some many, some few. Who doesn't? Does anybody exist in the world who conforms to every single social norm? I honestly doubt it. 'Social Norms' are basically what the society follows in general, not what everyone in society follows. So, the lack of any idiosyncrasy can also amount to lack of originality and individuality.

~I know what you did in San Francisco~

~I keep on forgetting to forget about you~

~So much for my happy ending~

24-Jan--2012

Its 3:00 AM. Caffeine has rendered me insomniac.

A few days back, we (C section bio students) went to NCBS, The research institute in the GKVK Campus in Hebbal. True, we spent more time commuting than inside the Instt, but it gave an insight into a typical 'research environment' which is pretty fascinating, but surprisingly informal. :) So we visited 2 labs. one was researching on Drosophila and its mutated forms while the other was not a wet lab, but was concerned with 'the evolutionary aspect in the koel laying eggs in crow's nest' and other such projects.

Umbo and some Mumbo Jumbo.

28 DEC 2011

I tossed and turned uneasily. I wriggled out of the bedspread whilst my stomach gave an ominous rumble.  I couldn’t stand it any longer. I clambered out of bed and walked to my dad’s room in a daze. I hesitated for a second; he hadn’t been sleeping well for the past few days thanks to his sore throat. But then, courtesy be damned, I was dying (I was convinced) I barged in and shouted hoarsely and heard a startled response. Suddenly I couldn’t see anymore. Although he’d switched on the light, my sight was dimming. I yelled something and collapsed and fell on the bed. Dad forced sugar down my throat and slowly, very slowly I sensed my surroundings and I was conscious again.

1-Jan-12

HELLO!

It’s a New Year! So 364 fresh days ahead. Ah, I feel all optimistic about the year ahead..

Listening to Tee Amo, I’m reminded of Delhi and the awesome time I had.

Every song I hear is associated with some memory, some recollection of the past.

Eg: Jalwa. I’m reminded of Rachana. Because she happened to tell me the plot of Fashion. And ‘Rachana’ reminds me of Mar Jawa, because at one point, it was her favourite song.

Here’s another: Saathiya. Travelling to Coorg when I was in 3^rd or 4^th. That’s when I first heard the song; as we made our way through hairpin bends and rain, to enter the coffee county…

And another: JeeyeinKyun: Deeksha. Specifically those rainy days when It would drizzle for most part of the 14-km drive to college.

Yet another: 7 things: 8^th standard, when I believed (foolishly, no doubt) I could relate to the basic point of the song, while In reality, I was just disappointed over nothing.

And the last: YehjoDesh from Swades: You can laugh, but this song brings tears to my  eyes. I just don’t get why! Every time I hear this one, something in Shankar Mahadevan’s voice, accentuated with soothing background music leaves me in tears.

4-Jan-2012

Physics, in my opinion, is very mechanical (but to many, Mechanics is an attractive aspect). Why can’t we have more Chem and Math along with Bio. It’s so full of life and basically so practical! I mean, it’s all happening in either a micro or macro scale and isn’t that more alluring than finding out the product of velocity and mass of some particle you set in motion. Take atomic structure, it’s way better. And Bio, of course, is all *nice* (but that doesn’t mean I can remember everything.)

8-Jan-2012

I'm doing Organic and I'm lovin' it! Only I know nothing about the resonance structures and aromaticity (yet). The other day I went to Sapna looking for OP Tandon (Bible for Organic) but came back with Resnick and Halliday (as yet another attempt to fall in lou with Physics)

Last 3-4 days have been Terrible. I'm been sleeping way too much. Damn, its the cold mornings and at night I fall asleep over the books in spite of Strong Coffee!!! Bad. I shall change that tonight.

*In case you were wondering, Umbo is the raised part of the head of a freshwater mussel. (Bio Lab)