Sometimes things happen and these things in turn change a lot of other things. Personally speaking, a lot of change in perspective. Not newer perspectives but a change in how i used to see things before. Maybe being out of touch has given me the time and space. I'm so used to ending my day after talking to the person, that the last two days have a feeling of incompleteness about them. Funny how 37 inches of rain in a span of 24 hours in a city 1916 k.ms away from the village affects me.
DD is in the village. He's got news. News that spices up conversations in a group of friends. The kind of news that enlivens any talk. Clothed in jokes and innuendos and a lot of other subtle artistry the conversation gets its own life and is an extremely cherished thing. Perfect adda material.
I'm tired of bitching about how bad my schedule is this semester. I'm tired of moaning and groaning about it all. There aren't words enough to describe the torture. So i'll talk about the stuff i learnt today. I learnt that somebody, in our Structural Mechanics lab (and God only knows who), plays with a toy truck which screams "fire! fire!" everytime you turn it on! In the middle of a boring discourse on the nuances of Reinforced Concrete structures the red toy truck with lights flashing was an extremely welcome diversion. Images of JNB playing with it managed to keep half the class awake through an extremely sleepy afternoon. On the other hand a major realization came along the way too. If only we could change a certain property of concrete (its inability to withstand tensile stress) half the steel in the world would be saved up. One wouldn't need the steel skeletons for buildings under construction. Mind boggling implications that could have eh?
DD is in the village. He's got news. News that spices up conversations in a group of friends. The kind of news that enlivens any talk. Clothed in jokes and innuendos and a lot of other subtle artistry the conversation gets its own life and is an extremely cherished thing. Perfect adda material.
I'm tired of bitching about how bad my schedule is this semester. I'm tired of moaning and groaning about it all. There aren't words enough to describe the torture. So i'll talk about the stuff i learnt today. I learnt that somebody, in our Structural Mechanics lab (and God only knows who), plays with a toy truck which screams "fire! fire!" everytime you turn it on! In the middle of a boring discourse on the nuances of Reinforced Concrete structures the red toy truck with lights flashing was an extremely welcome diversion. Images of JNB playing with it managed to keep half the class awake through an extremely sleepy afternoon. On the other hand a major realization came along the way too. If only we could change a certain property of concrete (its inability to withstand tensile stress) half the steel in the world would be saved up. One wouldn't need the steel skeletons for buildings under construction. Mind boggling implications that could have eh?
15 comments:
" half the steel in the world would be saved" now that is one thing that carries a lot of weight...how very very true, but then laxmi mittal's daughter would not have gotten the mega wedding...blasted concrete....but hey heard feisty mumbai is limping back but if what the meteorologists say is true then well....
yes it is strange how it can affect you...
how is she? where is she?
and(forgive the insentitive question) why cant you guys talk???
and next time, leave out the boring steel part eh...
dude, seriously, consider writing a future option. not that the brains from the village need it, but still...
it's the little things you write, that strike a chord.
"Clothed in jokes and innuendos and a lot of other subtle artistry the conversation gets its own life", for example. how very true. plus you're funny. keep writing.
oy, somehow this referral to village starting to get on my nerves.... lets cut down on it a lil, what?? agree with jaded...steel part-ta ektu kom... i am sure ppl wudnt like to hear abt the courses i am doing in 4 diff deptts.!!!
koch- well i think i got a solution for mittal too. just that he wud have to agree to let me marry any more daughters he may have.
jaded- well i left u offlines on yahoo regarding ur q'ns :)
rimi- well, coming from you, i'll frame this comment and put it up on my wall! :D
lancelotstake- jaa saala... here i've come up with a potential Nobel Prize winning research area and you trashing my endeavours !!? how dare you! and the village stands!
classes wil start again in a week ...n so wil boring lectures n lab reports....ki baje,...tor lecture er implications pore abar mone pore jachhe mech clases ..my most hated subjected till date ...hats off to u boss for being able to make any sense of it...n hope u win the noble ;-)
tor CD case ta ami podur room e rekhe gelam. ektu stoned plus ektu byasto chhilam. get it either from him or sudu.
iam assuming she's in mumbai so contact is not possible.
and boy oh boy someone is lovesick;-)
aar ekhono to dekha korishni.
acroyali-thank you *blush blush*
lance-you're wrong there, bud. we'd LOVE to know exactly how kgp is killing you softly with it's courses...
hehe...tera to kalyan ho chuka hain!
anon- cudn't agree more abt mechanics. hate it with all my heart :). and pls sign ur name next time..:)
dd- theek hai, no problemo!
dreamcatcher- well i dont think any regular human wudn't feel bad abt not managing keep in touch with his/her bestest friend after getting in touch after 17 years! uff... i'm tired with this whole thing. and btw hope things are ok on ur side of the world.
rimi- you're bhelcome! :D
herenow- ab tu bhi shuru ho gayi!
Glad to see u r back :)) Hope the phone lines are back to working by now and everyone is safe. Keep writing.
JNB has not been assasinated yet?! whoa!
m- the phone lines are restored and are in good order, :D.
s!- no boss. JNB's alive and with each new batch a new assasination plot is hatched.
when are u making a new post?
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