Sunday, April 16, 2006

Awesome mausam

When you're studying for exams, you gotta plan your time very well. You gotta make an agenda for the day.

So today, on my agenda was Salaam Namaste, parts of 'Goodness Gracious Me', checking email, reading blogs, a big packet of Ruffles sour cream & onion and two tubs of Ben & Jerry's (dark chocolate and cheescake-strawberry). This was to be followed by vegetarian maggi mee moreng at my favourite 24-hour roadside hawker centre.

Studying Statistics and Media & Marketing was also on the agenda somewhere.

I think.


(Now you know why I had to hire a bouncer to keep an eye on me over the long weekend to make sure I get some studying done.)

But hey, study I did.

Till the damn weather distracted me. As I pored over topics like nominal variables, chi-square tests, analysis of variance, independent-samples t-test (how interesting. :|), I heard thunder! An avid lover of rain, I rushed to my cope bhavan to check out the awesome mausam. It was simply brilliant.

First the dark clouds, and then the wild rain beating down so hard that it sounded like hailstones against the windows. Soon, I had to shut the window, but I could still see the rain. Heavenly.









































"I'm so glad glass is a transparent material." I declared, as I watched the rain through my window pane.

My bouncer laughed.

Ah, well. That's me. I am thankful for weird things. I rejoice about things that would ordinarily make people go "Duh!" In fact, every year I go, "Wow, Good Friday falls on a friday this year?! Long weekend, yeay!"



I know. :|


Call me idealistic or ultra-optimistic, but I refuse to join the 'everything sucks' gang, who are forever cribbing about their lives, and saying that there is not much around them to rejoice about. I refuse to be negative just because being negative is the new 'cool'. If anything, I'm sure glad I have not lost my ability to appreciate.

If we really look, there's plenty of things to celebrate, isn't it?



37 comments:

The Girl Who Sold The World said...

GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!! YIPEEEEEE!!!!! *does a bit of wardance*
I GOT THE GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!

Lalalalala.

The Girl Who Sold The World said...

a big packet of Ruffles sour cream & onion and two tubs of Ben & Jerry's (dark chocolate and cheescake-strawberry). This was to be followed by vegetarian maggi mee moreng at my favourite 24-hour roadside hawker centre.
HMPH! Meanieee! Must you write about all that yummmmyy stuff here when I'm waiting for dinner which is still ages away?! :|

Hehe, you love rain? Who doesn't?! :D

If we really look, there's plenty of things to celebrate.
Yes, like my GOLD! :D

YIPEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Macho Girl said...

I love rain too. And I am also glad that my window glass is transparent :)

Anusha said...

Ah, I was sitting in the kitchen trying to study, when I saw these huge dark grey ominous clouds hanging low in the sky, right outside the huge glass windows of the kitchen. Bee-yoo-tiful!

I took some pics with my phone, but I can't post it anywhere, since it doesn't have infra-red or ultra-violet or what-have-you. Now I'm sad. I wan't my very own digi-cam! :(

And oh. I love the rain too. :)

Anusha said...

Pffft. Can you believe I actually spelt want as wan't? D'oh! :|

Unknown said...

I love the rain too! but it should be warm- the cold, chilling rain is nasty.
And with it there should be some garam garam chai, some pakode, a nice book,
or well, in your case, a thick statistics text-book!
best of luck for the egg-jhams, sayesha. go kick ass!

TGWSTW,
this won't last too long, bacchi. so enjoy it while it does.

Sayesha said...

#The Girl,
WHAT?! You live in India, you brat! You can have pani puri ANYTIME you want! And you say I am the mean one?? :O Chal gold waapis kar! :D

#Macho Girl,
Welcome to the 'transparent glass' fan club! :D

#Clueless,
Yeah, the weather in the west was AWESOME this evening! :D

#Ipanema Girl,
Warm rain??? Kya bol rahi hai yaar? :O I think rain should always be cool or chilling! :D And yeah, chai-pakode would have been nice :P
ps: Thanks for your wishes! :)

The Girl Who Sold The World said...
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The Girl Who Sold The World said...

STUPID LAN CARD! I thought that second comment wasn't published...nevermind.

Ipanema girl:
Koi baat nahin...dekhte hain kya hota hai...MUAHAHAHA!

Nirwa Mehta said...

I love rains!! I love getting wet - and then I also love sneezing my way to cold! :P

Oh, and I am blogrolling you! :)

Nirwa

The Girl Who Sold The World said...

Oops, sorry Sayesha, sorry...par gold oh wapis nahin milega. :P *sticks out tongue while eating Panipuri*

Neha Sinha said...

1. sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry. *tired*

2. btld happy budday
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btld happy budday
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btld happy budday
btld happy budday
btld happy budday.

*tired*


meri galti nahi thi...orkut ki thi........:((..use join kiya...toh ... :(((((


I know sayesha is a good girl and she'll forgive this choti si masoom si kid .....

:(((((((((

now the two girls beware..GOLD will be MINEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*wicked laugh* MUAHAHAHAHA.. :P

sayesha is cool..she won't mind... i know.

sorryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy :((((

Unknown said...

sayesha,
to clarify- i like being outside in the rain when the weather is warm, or just cool.

cold, icy, wintry rain pierces through the skin like needles- more the bone-chilling type and is nasty. It's also kinda gloomy all around- and i'm not a huge fan of it.

"Cool, chilling" rain, let's say is an in-between, and is quite refreshing, true.

i hope you've an exam question now "classify the different types of rainfall seen world-over". :-)

Anonymous said...

>> Call me idealistic or ultra-
>> optimistic, but I refuse to
>> join the 'everything sucks'
>> gang.....

I completely agree with your attitude. People can choose to be either energy sources or energy sinks.

On rain , sorry yaar...I vote to stop the constant raining. Getting caught in the rain on bike is DANGEROUS :O

Cheers
Kais

Anonymous said...

Life itself is a celebration, which we often tend to forget. As for the rains which I adore too, so many songs come to mind...tip tip barsa paani...on the rain, in the rain!!! :D Thanks for the lovely pics as usual...i want a digicam too! On the verge of getting one, which explains the gizmo craze i'm experiencing lately :D.. I also agree that a fone needs to be basic, but you can't carry a digicam everywhere, can you!! So, one that is built into the fone is kinda nice :D Also, 'always on' radio/mp3 is kinda nice too :D

Raindrops keep falling on my head.....:-)

*clicks heels in air like Sinatra*

Anonymous said...

eeeps...i meant on the *roof* ;-)

Anonymous said...

all the comments coming from ladies .....just an observation

only they can be so happy abt something as silly as rain.... nah..its not an observation...its a fact ;)

Pi said...

Beta, if you wanted rain - why didnt you come to me? I would have got it for cheaper!

ha ha ha

Anonymous said...

hey that last comment was not meant to insult..
i must hv been misquoted :P

shub said...

hehe...i jus remembered "On the roof, in the rain" :))
I have a paper day after, no since its 1.25am, its technically tmrw! :( and I schedule my dinner and the apprentice, and studying around emails n blog checking! :-/

R said...

Congrats Navi. You're making me proud. :D


Sash, it's human to love rains re. :D

Reason to celebrate...Yea, this extended weekend. College from tomorrow though :(

Sherry said...

///Call me idealistic or ultra-optimistic, but I refuse to join the 'everything sucks' gang, who are forever cribbing about their lives, and saying that there is not much around them to rejoice about. I refuse to be negative just because being negative is the new 'cool'. If anything, I'm sure glad I have not lost my ability to appreciate.///

:) u've quite a chirpy attitude. hey, doesn't rain heighten one's sense of ..err..what shall i say...feeling good about the world...? dhuli-dhuli see zindagee lagtee hai, hai na?

on another note, india mein badii garmee hai aajkal. pics dekhkar mann ko shaanti mili...:P



@spamtaneous...
how do u define rain as being "silly" ? i mean, justify the adjective, man.

Archana said...

"If we really look, there's plenty of things to celebrate, isn't it?"

So true :-D! As long as we can find things to feel happy about it, life is never, ever going to be a drag :-D!

p.s. We did not have any long weekend here *sob*. BUT - we are having plenty of rain. However, after nearly a month of daily copious rains, rain is beginning to lose its magic for me!

Anonymous said...

Rain reminds me of my mother's delicious broth, my comfy bed and teddy bear...back home in a tropical country where I lived most of my life.

But I don't need the rain in spring, I want the sun! It's been raining here for weeks and weeks. I have enough of this cold winterly weather plus the generous clouds pouring its worth...

*sigh, sigh, sigh* and thanks for reminding me that there's a plenty to celebrate! :-))

Sayesha said...

#The Girl,
Hahaha! Bechara LAN card... kitni gaaliyan kha raha hai :P

#Nirwa,
Uh-oh, I love all that without the catching a cold part! :O
ps: Thanks! :)

#World Girl,
Kha le kha le... mere bhi din aayenge... :/

#Neha,
Baap re... chup ho ja chhoti si masoom si bachi.. kyunki tu bahut besura gaati hai :D

Thanks for the wishes yaar! :)

#Ipanema Girl,
Hehehe... wish my exam had such interesting questions :D

#Kais,
On the bike, in the rain???? :O
*Sayesha looks at Kais with extreme disapproval*

Dude, you gotta be careful on those 'do-not-balance-by-themselves-modes-of-transport', okay? Bikes are really dangerous! :S

#A Jane,
//Life itself is a celebration, which we often tend to forget.

Wah kya baat boli! :)

May you get your dream phone/cam soon! :)

#Spammy,
SILLY??? :@ Sheesh!

#American Pie,
Hahahahahahahaha! I was watching it yesterday. The funniest was "You wanted baby? Why didn't you come to me? I could have got it for you cheaper!" :D

#R3N3,
Aha! Just cos you've disguised your name on this post, you think I won't recognise you as the one who insulted me? Hahahaha! :D

#Shub,
Brrr... all the best!!!! :)

#Rohit,
Spammy ko samjha na... or perhaps he's inhuman! Hahahaha! :D

#Sanyukta,
//dhuli-dhuli see zindagee lagtee hai, hai na?

Hehehe! That's a nice way of putting it! :)

#Archana,
No long weekend???? No long weekend???? :O :O :O

Don't worry, it will stop raining soon, and then you will miss it :)

#Joy,
Hehe.. yeah I guess if it rains too much, then it was getting a bit annoying :P

dharmu said...

'if we really look, theres plenty to rejoice'

i totally agree with this one. to enjoy the small things is one of the best things to be happy.

uh..time for the happy me....

Mary said...

Sayesha I completely agree with you! There is always something or someone to be happy about! keep your great attitude up! :D :D and Happy Easter :)

starbreez said...

Two tubs?! You'd better get an A for this module! :p

Anonymous said...

hey sayesha,
nice read!
yah absolutely the mausam looks wonderful in Singapore.Its really amazing to work in such a lovely weather .And this can be the best time to finish the work which we never want to do!

Bhavesh said...

climate here in b'lore too rocking.. raining in the middle of the summer :-) just wanna laze around but got work to do :-(

Abhishek Upadhyay said...

Hola Sayesha,
The atmosphere here in Delhi too has become a bit mild. The nights are cool and days are cloudy. Feel like sleeping whole day.

This atmosphere will get me fired.

Dev said...

I loooove the rain... except when I'm trapped in it and there's no shelter arnd.
I just wish it wud rain once here in Mlore... OMG, its sweltering hot here now!
Anyway... the pics have come out excellent! :)

HOTWINTER said...

Great observation and description. "Awsome Mausam" - I loved the phrase. Very cute.

Can you add such cute headings to you posts in future too.

Best of Luck for your Exams.

Brush up the adverisement concepts and policies. They are sure to come for the Exam. (:-)D

Anonymous said...

>> Good advice + Bikes are
>> really dangerous! :S

Thanks for your concern! I avoid the rain as much as possible but sometimes you just get caught in it midway :(

Cheers
Kais

Thanu said...

My exact same concept - life is too small to crib abt everything.

Aseem said...

Nice Blog Sayesha....u left a comment on my blog and thats what got me here :)

Sayesha said...

#Dharmu,
:)

#Mary,
Thanks! :)

#Starbreez,
Hehehe! I had some help from that friend of yours! :P

#Soumya,
Exactly! :)

#Justme,
Yeah I miss lazing around when it's raining... can't afford to do it though :(

#Abhishek,
//The atmosphere will get me fired.

Hahahahaa! :D

#Dev,
Thanks! :) Hope you get some rain soon! :)

#Hotwinter,
Thanks! :)

#Pradyot,
Hehehe! Studying studying! Why are you distracting me with comics, eh? :P

#Kais,
Hmmm... okay... :/

#Thanu,
:)

#Aseem,
Welcome to Sayeshaz. Thanks for commenting! :)