D-11 Back and Beyond

My computer went on the blink on 28th June, so I was without my comp for almost two weeks. A lightning fell on our building when it was raining dinosaurs, and one of my TVs also konked off. It was quite interesting to be without my comp for those two weeks. Actually, I thought it would kill me but to my surprise, I was quite happy without my comp. No Orkut, no Gtalk, no stupid scraps and all the unwanted people in my 'friends list' were kept away. It was quite good, actually. I hate online interaction, especially chats and Orkut. I do have a soft corner for e-mail though, there's nothing like a neatly typed letter...

I just realised my blog completed a year on 4th July. This was my first effort at blogging; a post on one of the countless problems facing Bombay. The journey has been good so far, I still remember the first comment I received from an unfamiliar blogger. It was encouraging, and there were many after that, some were quite unabashed in their criticism. But as my policy goes, I allow everything.

Also, today completes one year after the serial blasts that rocked Bombay, taking along with them more than 200 lives and destroying the lives of their families. Hope the perpetrators the blasts die in the most torturous way imaginable. Period.

I mostly study these days. I don't watch the telly except when I am having food. This is my final year in college(don't know whether to be happy or sad about that...) and the marks of the end-of-year exam determines whether you can get admission to Bombay University's MSc (Mathematics) course. Anonick had a post on his blog recently, on admissions and the general state of education in schools and colleges in the country.

Looking back, the previous two years were a blast thanks to the friends I have in college, Anonick included. Looking ahead, I want to make this one last year in college the best I've had...
But education never stops and that is one good thing about it, actually. I have to study my Actuarial Science subjects too, and clearing them is akin to moving a mountain. Some of the 'brains' from the hallowed IIT's are not able to clear them, they are so tough...

Coming to IITs, today I found out that the IIT guys are not so 'brainy' after all. Three complete dickheads, from my college cleared the exam to the MSc Math courses in the IITs. Trust me, if they can, probably you can too! What matters in the end is the 'IIT tag', the eternal truth that you studied in a consecrated place of learning, renowned the world over as a brand, in the league of Harvard and Stanford. Seriously, if they take in such people, I do not know how long will it be before that bubble bursts.

Anyway, I am planning to take their entrance exam too. And then, if I clear it, someone else might say, another dick is in. Amen.
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