Looking forward to things I generally would never look forward to!

I was sitting talking to Pooja today, and she mentioned the summer, and how most of my close friends including her, Ali and Ankit are going to leave for that term. Usually, my response to that would be, "I can't believe you guys are leaving me all alone here, please don't go, find an internship here." This time my response was,"I can't wait till you all leave, and have the house to my own, and have new roomies."

I seriously can't believe I feel this way. I love them, I seriously do, but for some odd reason, I do realize now that I was being way too stupid to think that if they leave I'll have a boring life. Meeting new people, and getting to make new friends seems like an amazing idea to me right now, just because I know I am capable of it now. I think I have really given a lot of emotional bullshit to Pooja and Ali (Ankit and Tushar were never online, they got saved) , and they do need a break from me, and I need a break from pointless ranting to them.

Summer is far, but I am making plans already. :D
I want to do somethings with some people, and as usual, be as busy as humanly possible. Keeps me sane.

There is a list, like all the lists, hope it gets implemented.

• Go to the beach with Jessi and co. Look sexy in that swimsuit I bought last year ;)
• Take a two week trip to India and eat loads of paranthas
• Take a trip to whichever part of California Varun is in. I mean a trip to the west is always cool.
• Make sure the group exercise progrm at DAC does way better than last year's summer (I know I should give background on this, but hopefully all Drexel students will get this)
  
• Rant to Tushar and visa versa. As Tushar put it, its gonna be a Geetika and Tushar summer.
• Play guitar hero everyday (I really need to master that thing)
  
• Try and become a CA without actually living there. I'll get some more work to do :)
• Visit Andrea in Portland, and make her visit me. (My friend from Germany)
• Make Asia visit me here, she really needs to do an internship in the States
  
• Go see Rob and Marie. (Too many trips I know, I am sure I'll pull some off)
• And if Pooja and Ali decide to get good replacements for their rooms, bond with the new roomies.

That looks like a cool list for now, but I wonder how much of it is going to be really implemented. I can always try :)

For now, Spring, please come fast, I wanna see how I pull that on off (crazy work hours).

Everything happens for the best and Slumdog Millionaire!!!

As the title of this post suggests, I am going to talk about why I think that is so true.

I have not regretted anything in life so far. Even when something really bad has happened, the after effects have always made me think, how that bad thing was so important to happen in order to see the good coming. And now I think that is even more true. The past six months of my life have been filled with confusion, curiosity, anxiety, expectations and so much more, and all those things actually made me regret certain things in life, but now I know it was important for them to happen.

I feel liberated now. I feel closer to myself, I feel I understand things more rationally than digging deep into everything. I know what I want now, and I know what I dont want as well. I do wish there was an easier way to know all that, but oh well, a lesson learned is never in vain.

So here I am back to my old life, having a much practical and sensible view than before. Thank the German gods for that :)

On a different note, school is getting hectic, and I get those anxiety attacks when I am juggling between deadlines, but being occupied is the best thing ever. I am trying to get a lot of my work done before Marie and Rob come in the first week of March (I hope they don't bail out on me). It is going to be a hell of a reunion. I can't wait to hang out with them, and crack those silly jokes, or sing "Desi Girl" with Marie. I am way too excited about them coming here. Just four months in Deutschland has given me the most amazing friends, as much as I would not like to go back there, I am glad I had that experience. I don't think I am going to stop mentioning that for a long long while, since so much of the present me has to do with that experience.


Apart from Marie and Rob coming, nothing eventful is really happening in my life, but the Indian Cinema people are going gaga over the success of Slumdog Millionaire. If you already don't about it, which is certainly disappointing, then this movie is based on how a "slumdog" from the Mumbai slums wins a million dollars on the Indian version of the show "Who wants to be a Millionaire. The movie has won four golden globes including best background score for A.R Rahman and best picture drama. It has also been nominated for 10 Oscars. Frankly, the movie has Indian actors like Anil Kapoor, Irfan Khan and Frieda Pinto, and an India-Brit Dev Patel, but apart from Rahman none of the production part is done by an Indian. It is a movie written and directed by outsiders, but obviously the Indian Film Fraternity wants to celebrate like its a Bollywood movie winning Oscars. Sigh!!!

Personally I loved the movie, and I loved the music, Rahman is truly a genius, but I think the Indian Film People need to stop being so happy. After all, a foreign director is responsible for this achievement. Yes the actors are truly amazing, but its Dev Patel, the 17 year old Indian Brit who should be given the most credit, not Anil Kapoor or Irfan Pathan. The movie is nice, so I should not be complaining, and in some way I feel really proud as well to see that so many Indian actors are being recognized, but I wish that Indian directors could make us so proud, so that the credit truly belongs to India.

Anyways.. Slumdog Millionaire is a must watch. For everyone who wants to have a glimpse of this one small part of India (the Mumbai slums), this movie is a true picture. So go watch it, and get to see some Indian Bollywood style dancing!!!

I think I am back!!!

Friends, fellows and bloggers, I feel extremely happy to tell you that I am back to my life and my senses after almost a month of being back in Philadelphia. It feels the same, it feels like home, and whatever has changed or not changed is just perfect for now.

I was talking to a friend today and he asked me how my week looks like. This is how the conversation went: ME: Well, I have classes everyday and then work after that, that's pretty much it. HIM: Lame Life ME: This is what I call THE LIFE

I know most of the people think I am weird, since I love being busy, I never need any alone time, I love to just yap yap and tell some friends of mine about my day, but seriously I don't think that's weird. I just like the busy roads, the noisy streets, the crazy college life, the shady streets of west Philly, tall buildings, people around all the time, and so much more here. I am just not made for things that require self time, and that's why after so many months, I am so happy to be where I am.

Yes I do miss Aga, Asia, Marie, Rob, Maciek and so many wonderful people I met there, but I do not miss Mannheim. I would not trade my life for anything right now. I never knew what being here meant to me, till this very moment. The experience I had in Germany is so very indispensable, I probably needed it, just to make certain few changes in the way my brain works, and I just feel I can deal better with so many things now.

In certain ways, I would always be a hopeless, but at least now I know when to be one, and when not to be one. I have learned to let my imagination go flying, not over think, not expect too much, not underestimate, not overestimate, and the list can go on. Its just wonderful to be back, and wonderful to feel that I am back. Walking around on campus all day long, and then working in the evenings, ahhhh.. that's just too soothing to me now. I am glad my heart is finally here... finally I am here!!!!

College here seems so different

I started college few days back, and wow I can feel the change.

Its kinda weird to have classes everyday, do homework, have deadlines. Just does not seem normal. I think I am so used to "chilling" as they say, that the whole transition is not being as fruitful as I would like it to be. I think it would take some time for me to get into the grove. I need to start having those crazy work hours, and late nights at the library to feel normal.

Things certainly have changed. I have been living out of a suitcase for a while now, which is weird. I don't really have a bed to sleep on (does not mean I am homeless, I do actually live in a room), I don't really call any place "my place", and I don't show up at certain few places like I used to before. Its weird how 4 months of absence just switches one's life.

I remember when I was leaving Philadelphia, I spoke to Pooja and we had a conversation somewhere along these lines..

Me: I am scared things will change in 4 months
Pooja: What nonsense. Just because you are away for 4 months, doesnt mean your friends would change
Me: I know, but I still feel that
Pooja: You are an idiot.

And now 4 months later, I feel I was right to a certain extent and she was to a certain extent. I dont think my friends have changed, but some things have. Or may be all this is just one of those transition blues that I have to face. I am trying to figure so many things right now, that I do not even know that what exactly is going on sometimes..lol. Just know one thing, I am getting old (given that there is only 1.5 years of college left), so I better make most of my time left here.