The fortnight that is the stuff of legends

Soo....here I am.....going completely and totally insane at the moment.......I've lost count of how much I've been studying/working on since last week but in a word its too much.....This is epitomised by the fact that on Friday......I pretty much studied non stop from 9am to 5pm......and by non stop i mean absolutely totally non stop......to the point where i was trying to write stuff on the bus from central to north......

While last week was all about studying and getting stuff done......this week is just plain torture.........4 exams and 4 assignments.......in the space of 5 days.......aaargh.......i'm going insane......I've wanted this week to end since Saturday......I can't wait for fall break.........I'm already done with two of the 4 exams......which i should be happy about since I'm half done.....but I don't even have the time to be happy.......I've got 2 assignments due tomorrow......one due Thursday.......and one on Friday.......and I've got one exam on Thursday and my hardest one on Friday.......which to add insult to the injury is from 3:30 to 5pm......on the Friday before fall break.......thats right.......it seriously sucks........

So basically......for those of you reading this.......I'm just venting......I've got too much to do......and too little time to waste.......but I absolutely had to get this out of me before I explode.......right now.....life is like I'm on a treadmill that is running faster than I can run myself.......and I'm barely keeping off the edge and avoiding falling face down on the floor........and now to get back to work......its about time I got started on those two assignments due tomorrow......and I'm not helped by the fact that I randomly passed out for 3 hours and just woke up. (in the process missed a review session)........

Another Poem -- Boredom

Wrote this last year on a slow day during my study abroad program in Germany during the football (soccer) world cup.


Boredom

When snails seem to move faster than the time
I think up poems that don't make sense or rhyme.
I read books backwards to make it interesting
But stop as soon as I find out the ending.

Computer games seem ancient and slow
I would rather be watching a plant slowly grow.
Even watching a movie is a total ordeal
A soccer game would also seem like no big deal.

I want to mess up my room just to clean it up again
but that would take me right back to where i began
I try my hardest to sleep on my bed
but sleep is something that only happens in class instead.

I think I need to finish off my presentation now
O but my brain is on vacation in Moscow.
Music sounds like nails on a chalkboard
O I sooooo hate being this utterly BORED.


-Adithya

An Untitled Poem

If at first you don't succed,
try try try again, and again and again
If you think it is advice that you don't need,
don't ever read what I write again. ;)

There are three mentalities in this world,
the optimist, the pessimist and the confused realist
The first two give balance to the world,
while the third thinks as clearly as the mist

The pessimist is one who I usually cannot stand,
for he's the one who thinks he's never succeeding.
He is more negative than half the land,
And if his thought's came true, we'd be weeping.

The realist, like I said, is a confused one.
He is never sure if something is hopeful or hopeless.
He keeps repeating that his life is an honest one,
But, if this were a measure of honesty, the world would be crime-less.

At last, my personal favorite, the optimist.
He's the one who is always happy
The kind of person who enjoy's all of every life's twist
And like the poet, he's one cheerful chappy.

Now dear reader, you must surely wonder,
What was the first section of this poem for?
I assure you that it was not a blunder
For now u shall see what my intentions are.

Advice is something that everyone needs,
but it is you who chooses how to take it
The three mentalities all need advice indeed
and now you'll see how they accept it.

The pessimist perceives it as a flaw in himself,
he believes it to be our way of giving a hint.
He becomes over critical and over analytical about himself
and takes of on the path to change, albeit at a sorrowful sprint

The realist doesn't know what to make of advice
After all he's not decided between positivity and negativity,
So he ends up sitting on advice like a big sack of rice
And wonders what to do without a hint of his reality

To an optimist, advice is like a gift.
A way for others to show that they care,
It gives him a wondrous instant lift.
So, an optimist is the absolute best, i swear!.


-- Adithya



I am not sure if I need to add anything to this but If I feel like I will.

Long Time No Blog

Sooo.....finally I managed to get the time to start blogging again after what seems like forever....I used to have a Xanga blog before but the convenience of having a single login for my email, calendar, photo sharing and blog (THANK YOU GOOGLE!!) is not something I could pass by.....so from now on, this is my only blog.....as the title suggests, it is my life and anything and everything in it that I feel like sharing......be it extreme venting, an expression of joy, sorrow or just a random poem that I write every now and then or a bunch of my latest pics that I want to show off to the world (Modesty is not a strong point for those who know me)......So what has happened so far.....well I don't even remember when I last wrote a blog entry so I'll just start from the end of the previous semester until now.

Last semester was a disaster by itself......but it was an improvement over an even bigger disaster the semester before that....so I'm not complaining or venting.....I'm just glad I got it over with.......and I got something that I had not gotten in a while......a long and well deserved break......4 months at home in India, doing absolutely nothing that would tire me out.....no internships or summer school or even jobs for me.....just complete relaxation and rejuvenation.....

Of the 4 months, I spent most of my time in Delhi but I did visit a different place every month......I went on a South India trip to Chennai and a mini pilgrimage in Tamil Nadu for about three weeks in May......I visited Hyderabad for a week in June and had an absolute blast there.......two of my aunts came over to visit with their families in July and we all went on a big family road trip to Mussorie for a week which was absolutely gorgeous......then in August my parents, brother and I went to Kerala for a week.....it should have been an awesome trip had it not been the fact that I fell horribly ill and was down with a very weird stomach bug of sorts for the next couple of weeks.......so well, that was my summer in a nutshell (read paragraph)

As for right now.....its about 3 weeks since classes started and already I'm looking forward to next semester.......18 credits again but thankfully it isn't as hard as before because I've spared myself the misery of 9 hours of research every week caused by the total waste of time called UROP.....for those of you reading this in your freshman/sophomore years at the university of michigan......my advice to you is, unless you're obsessed with what your project is about or you are desperate for a resume booster....DO NOT DO UROP......it is an absolute waste of time and it is totally not worth it for credit (its a different story if you're getting paid)

What else can I say......there's a lot going on....with the ISA(Indian Students Association) and now maybe the ECA(Engineering Collaboration of the Arts)......combined with all my classes......I've got just about enough time to manage.......Of all my classes tho, I am really really enjoying my class on Egyptian Archaeology......I love Ancient Egypt and I love studying about it as well and I am actually going to visit a museum for this class on Saturday......and I am seriously considering an Egyptology minor if it is offered.

Speaking of Saturdays.....Michigan had a slow start to the football season (to put it lightly).....Two embarrassing losses to start the season were seen as doomsday by many people......but no, the Wolverines fought back to beat the Notre Dame Fighting Irish convincingly in their third game and beat the number 10 team in the nation, Penn State, just as convincingly this past Saturday in the big ten opener......Our freshman quarterback looks like he's going to be awesome as time goes on and the team is really on a roll now, under the leadership of the team's "Hart"......Rose Bowl, here we come!!!