Ephemeral Glimpses of Home

Have I survived midterms ??? somehow.. I don't know how.. Computer Networks a subject where i am supposed to be good has left me broken and devasted. I've somehow managed to perform so miserably that i've shocked even myself..

I Need to get alive for the next phase of studies.. as they always say, it ain't over till the fat lady sings.. I hope somewhere some fat lady will sing.. Maybe i will get smarter or more efficient.. something will happen.. it has always been that way so far..

Tonight saw swades for the upteenth time ... This time after watching it i've figured i miss indian railways... Maybe its bcoz i wanted to be a train driver?? Maybe its the oppurtunity to train-foot board and the on route scenery or the whistle!! I've never figured it out...

Nothing like watching an indian movie when you are feeling low.. glimpses of home however fleeting, enthuse you with energy that does not seem to be within you...

My last train rides to Goa and then to Chennai on the Brindavan and back on the lalbagh are so vivid in my memory... Everything just brings me back to the one question...when will i ever get to go back?? Those were the days of fun and frolic.. No worries accompanied with independence..

I remember wanting to come here for the presumed tough academic challenge.. I've run into it all right.. now comes the part where one has to stand up and be counted.. The time has come.. its a first and last warning for me to improve or perish..

Time to get my act together...
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MidTerms + Campus Recruiting

Its already time for midterms.. How fast time seems to fly away.. Two months in the videsh and i am still alive and kicking..Has the worst passed??

With all the cramming for exams, i've been asked by microsoft if i am able to intern with them? Its not confirmed as yet. I have to pass the 2nd round of interviews which i gather are mentally taxing and physically draining.. Life is getting more and more fun..

Cornell is bringing out the best of me slowly and slowly...Maybe i will discover new sides to the lazy ol self i've known through the ages from bangalore to temuco to washington to helsinki to athens to jena to colombo to ithaca..

Life will one day come full circle and i will go back to bangalore .. Till then more excitement and the never ending quest for knowledge continues..

But first a break...

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