At 6 in the morning, Gandhinagar is so much better than Mumbai .it’s green, clean and the air smells fresh. But that was just on the first two days. After the two day induction, I’ve woken up no earlier than 7.30 that too after much coaxing by my friend.
Having spent around two weeks in this city, I’ve slowly started to accept the preposterous idea of dhokla for breakfast and sweet dal. And like all things I’ve disliked for no solid reason, I’ve started to like them now.I have the dhokla with the spicy green chutney and I’m still figuring out the solution for the sweet dal!Did i mention that I’m not so fond of gujju food?well,the closest I’ve ever come to gujju cuisine is my classmate’s(read DSP genius)tiffin.that’s it,nothing more than that.So surviving in the heart of Gujarat,with sweet everything and a scarcity of chicken kebabs has been quite a thing.Someone,someplace is really praying hard to keep me sober and away from non-vegetarian food.So whoever you are-sir/madam,your prayers have been answered.Now,enough about missing ‘ghar ka khana’ let me focus on missing my family and friends.I’m definitely missing them a lot,a few more than the rest and also a few whom I thought I would love to move away from.Life is an irony.I still don’t fully understand it.
Inspite of being away from everything I love,I’m having a good time.I am getting to know a different culture,language and people.The other day we had a short trip to Akshardham.the water-laser show there was simply brilliant.And so are hours invested in playing cows and bulls,Hollywood-bollywood with country names and capitals,the rock-paper-scissors-lizard and spock game .oh yes in the rest of the time that we do some Java coding we have fun then too.The stay in the hostel is great.Talking to people on the phone for hours on the phone now has its own advantages since the network is strong only at the window.It offers an interesting view certainly.We aren’t allowed cell phones in the office yet,so the nine radiation free hours plus no access to social networking sites is turning out to be a boon.It has inspired us to ‘teach’ our batchmates the amazing game named-one up,one down!
Moreover,since I’m the class representative,I’ve the privilege of being ragged by almost everyone.On the brighter side,I have become a little less lazy and a little more responsible.I get to interact with the management,most people know me by my first name and no one yells at the CR for loitering around in the corridor during lab sessions.So far so good.Since I’ve had the opportunity to interact with lot of people,I’ve come to an important conclusion.People are either charming or tedious.they are not good or bad,just charming or tedious.and here I was thinking that i had my share of manipulative,conniving,boring people.Silly me.
There is so much to write about,the fun we have here,the embarrassing moments and why i am struggling with remembering song lyrics.There are new additions to my list of ‘i rarely use these words now’ for they have some embarrassing/weird/crazy memory attached to it. And public static void main(techies often abbreviate it to psvm) is mind you not just a function in Java.Ask me about it,i would love to narrate it to you over the phone!
Having spent around two weeks in this city, I’ve slowly started to accept the preposterous idea of dhokla for breakfast and sweet dal. And like all things I’ve disliked for no solid reason, I’ve started to like them now.I have the dhokla with the spicy green chutney and I’m still figuring out the solution for the sweet dal!Did i mention that I’m not so fond of gujju food?well,the closest I’ve ever come to gujju cuisine is my classmate’s(read DSP genius)tiffin.that’s it,nothing more than that.So surviving in the heart of Gujarat,with sweet everything and a scarcity of chicken kebabs has been quite a thing.Someone,someplace is really praying hard to keep me sober and away from non-vegetarian food.So whoever you are-sir/madam,your prayers have been answered.Now,enough about missing ‘ghar ka khana’ let me focus on missing my family and friends.I’m definitely missing them a lot,a few more than the rest and also a few whom I thought I would love to move away from.Life is an irony.I still don’t fully understand it.
Inspite of being away from everything I love,I’m having a good time.I am getting to know a different culture,language and people.The other day we had a short trip to Akshardham.the water-laser show there was simply brilliant.And so are hours invested in playing cows and bulls,Hollywood-bollywood with country names and capitals,the rock-paper-scissors-lizard and spock game .oh yes in the rest of the time that we do some Java coding we have fun then too.The stay in the hostel is great.Talking to people on the phone for hours on the phone now has its own advantages since the network is strong only at the window.It offers an interesting view certainly.We aren’t allowed cell phones in the office yet,so the nine radiation free hours plus no access to social networking sites is turning out to be a boon.It has inspired us to ‘teach’ our batchmates the amazing game named-one up,one down!
Moreover,since I’m the class representative,I’ve the privilege of being ragged by almost everyone.On the brighter side,I have become a little less lazy and a little more responsible.I get to interact with the management,most people know me by my first name and no one yells at the CR for loitering around in the corridor during lab sessions.So far so good.Since I’ve had the opportunity to interact with lot of people,I’ve come to an important conclusion.People are either charming or tedious.they are not good or bad,just charming or tedious.and here I was thinking that i had my share of manipulative,conniving,boring people.Silly me.
There is so much to write about,the fun we have here,the embarrassing moments and why i am struggling with remembering song lyrics.There are new additions to my list of ‘i rarely use these words now’ for they have some embarrassing/weird/crazy memory attached to it. And public static void main(techies often abbreviate it to psvm) is mind you not just a function in Java.Ask me about it,i would love to narrate it to you over the phone!
