Random Gibberish

Hi friends. I'm really sorry for not being here in a while now. I'm really sorry. Don't know about you guys, but I really missed you all. Looks like my dear friend Mo is a little angry with me for not having posted here or sent back a PM or something of that sort. I'm really sorry for that, Mo. I figure I owe you an explanation. 

My updates, nothing much really. I've already posted my itinerary for the rest of the year.

I'll be leaving for my field trip to Manali soon, in about 4 days. It's going to be fun. And then Diwali is coming up...I love this festival! Lots of fire crackers to light. 

In case anyone's seen the sub-title for my blog, and are wondering what it means, leave me a comment, and I'll explain it in my next post.

Sid

nd I'm very sorry. I haven't been able to find time to post a blog for quite a time now. I've been very very busy with school and exams and my band and all the rest of it.

For the moment....exams:

Didn't do very well. Just scored about 55.2% Passed Chemistry and Physics, just as I hoped. Flunked Math with 25/100 just as I'd anticipated. Phew! English is always the best for me...96/100. Yippee!!

In other news, I bought a new bass guitar:

That's my bass and my pedal towards the right. And stupidly enough, my flip flops seem to have crept in as well....  :D

That's all I have in news as for now.

Apart from this, we're having our School Annual Function on the 25th of October. Then we have the camp for 11th and 12th graders at a hill station from 29th of October to the 2nd of November. We'll be living in tents and sleeping in sleeping bags and we're gonna have river rafting, rock climbing, bungee jumping, trekking, river crossing, sky diving and paragliding. It's gonna be fun! And then on the 8th of November we have our school fete followed by small gigs by local bands.

And then lastly, we have our very concert on the 14th of November, where my band and me are gonna perform.

Looks like a busy, tight and interesting schedule ahead!

Sid

I visited the church today evening with my friend. We get a 45 minute gap between two classes in the evening. And I usually walk the distance since they aren't very far apart, think about a mile or so. There is a church that is there midway. Today, I felt kinda attracted towards it, there was this strange feeling in me that dragged me there. I'd never been to a church before today. And I said, "Hey! Let's go to the church today. We've passed by it many times but never visited. And we have a lot of time before the next class." And he agreed.

So we went in there, through the main gate, which was to the right side of the road. The entrance to the church was most majestic. It had wooden carvings over the door which depicted the crucification of Jesus, I guess. Entering the church, there were huge benches where we could sit. Apart from my friend and me, I don't think anyone else was there. It was just left open, kinda felt like the place was just waiting for us. And then there was this huge effigy of Lord Jesus over the crucifix.

Not knowing really what to do in a church, we just sat down in the front row of the benches. It was really nice, calm and serene and peaceful. And it felt wonderful. The silence felt wonderful. I closed my eyes, with my hands on my lap, I prayed. Opened my eyes, and it felt good.

I didn't have any money on me today, so couldn't contribute to the "DONATIONS" box. I felt really ashamed, so I prayed again for forgiveness for not being able to contribute. I hope God wouldn't mind it.

And then, I took one last look at Jesus and left the place. I felt really fresh and calm. Dunno how many times I've mentioned that, but I really did. That's the feeling I get whenever I visit a holy place.

I think I definitely wanna visit that place again, and not to forget to put in some money in the box.

And I'd be glad if someone could please help me with what I'm supposed to do at a church, I mean like, some ritual or something, if there might be one.





Sid

"Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in Love .... How on Earth can you explain in terms of Chemistry and Physics so important a Biological phenomenon as first love ? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour .... Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute ..... That's Relativity. "

~Albert Einstein



"God has given you one face, and you make yourself another. "

 ~William Shakespeare



"Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not."

  ~Henri Frederic Amiel



"There is just one life for each of us:  our own."

  ~Euripides



"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own."

  ~Johann von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther, 1774



"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.  Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth."

  ~Oscar Wilde



"If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise."

~Johann von Goethe

And.................................................................no.

Sorry to disappoint you, but this isn't the title of a poem or a nursery rhyme. Sorry.

Well, this is about MY experience in the rain, which was just AWESOME!

Well, it was like, day before yesterday when I went to my friend's place. Since it's not very far, I went down cycling. Lemme tell you, that it's been raining here for almost everyday, for the past like one week. Well, alright. Not "rain", you can call it something like "drizzle". So, it's been drizzling here for the past one week.

So we squatted in front of my friend's new computer. And then some time later Divya came online, that's when I started talking to her on Yahoo Messenger. And that's when my friend started getting bored. We talked for about an hour or so. It's really interesting while talking to her, cuz we tend to discuss anything and everything under the sun! Haha.

Oh alright, I'm getting carried away. Back to the topic. So later we played ball and then it started "drizzling". And that's when I wanted to get back. I said goodbye to my friend and mounted my cycle and went out into the rain (oh alright, you know what it is...). It was just amazing. Like, the most amazing feeling. The light, small rain drops falling on wherever my skin was bare, was just so amazing and soothing. The water made it wet, but I like being wet in the rain (drizzle, I know). I went slow, didn't bother to reach home early, even though it was 7:50 PM. I just love the rain, and getting wet in it.

So, when I returned home, by 7:55 PM, mum stopped me outside the front door to the house. So, then I had to wash down my cycle first, and then wash myself with the garden pipe. My shoes were dirty. So, I put in the cycle at it's place. Went in, and that's when mum quarantined me in one room so as to not make the other rooms dirty with the mud. And then I had to take a bath with warm water, soap and shampoo.

Oh, and on the way, my tee got very very dirty at the back, since my cycle has no mudguards, so all the mud from the road splashed into the back of my tee.

Anyway, it was loads of fun and I hope to have another experience again.

Cheers to you, and hope that you have a nice wonderful morning/afternoon/evening/night!



Sid