A second chance ....

As the fourth and final day drew to a close ... mit came back to life !!! During the last week we had our 1st sessionals and cause i am in biomed i had to give 8 exams in 4 days ... of which i only gave a small percentage of ... due to some unforeseen circumstances like high fever,cold,cough and mind fuck !!! so after 4 days of torture for people i know i cud finally hear ppl making plans .... thinking where to party and how much to drink !!! manipal at its best again ... woohoo !!!

i didnt really feel like doing anything after the sessionals ended cause i was still not well plus i was disappointed by the way they went, so thursday was spent day dreaming and listening to music !!! From friday the whole schedule started once again with monotonous classes and those boring lectures !!!

in the evening suddenly i got this call from a fren saying that some of her frens from back home were in manipal to see her,she cooked up a plan so that her new frens cud meet her old frens and all of us could party together !!! so we met "these people" and then decided to go to sky lounge ... a lounge bar in good ol manipal !!! started with old monk and hookah .... moved on to grooving with the ladies ... more old monk ... and some more hookah !!! fun fun fun ... got out of tht place after 12.30 and then walked till deva's (good cheap food in the middle of the night) going via the venugopal temple ... some of the guys even climbed the mock elephants in front of the temple and got pics clicked !!! well when we got to deva's found out that it was closed and then headed for press cart (another place to eat !!!) ... so just hung out at mic and ate the bun omelets we got packed ... later headed to the hotel where these people from out of town were staying ... left them and the chicks over there and then walked back to ma hostel !!! slept at 4.30 am and then did go for class on sat morning ...

just went for class ... came back ... did some wellapanti ... looked at some stuff .... saw the rain fall ... time pass basically !!! got a call again in the evening ... so we met up once again and headed for the food fest at valley view ... the food fest was pretty decent with very original and tempting drinks and mughlai cuisine !!! after the food fest headed to edge to dance the night away ... met a lot of people i knew ... drank a lot ... grooved a little !!! after getting out of there started walking back when it started raining ... got all wet but made it back to the night canteen ... gobbled up all that we cud and got some stuff for frens ... on the way saw the india vs pakistan match of the 20:20 world cup where india kicked aussie ass !!! die bitches die ... came back to my room ... saw these movies ... sicko and sunshine !!! finally got tired and went off to sleep at 6 in the morning ....

was woken up at 11.50 by people banging at my door ... ppl rushed in ... made me brush ... change and leave !!! where were we going ??? turtle bay came the reply (a private resort about 1.30 hours from manipal by car !!!) met up with the whole grp at tc ... got a taxi and somehow packed everyone (9 of us) in that small omni !!! the trip to the resort was interesting ... with things flying around ... experiences shared ... pics being taken ... we even stopped at a roadside dhaba and had a mouth watering lunch !!

finally after driving thru picturesque locales and roads battered by the furious indian monsoon we got to the beach ... and headed straight into the water ... started playing football,sun bathing on the beach,pushing each other into the water,climbing rocks ... the kind of random fun associated with going to the beach !! then everyone climbed to the top of this rock and just sat .. smoked a few cigs and enjoyed the view !!!

well as random a thing it is ... it started raining ... so people pushed off to hide the bags in shade or just get some cover !!! i tried asking people if they wanted to go into the water and swim as far as they could ... fortunately no one agreed cause the sea was freakishly rough with 10 feet high swells of water and raining heavily... plus the beach was rocky and rocks underneath the surface of water are a major concern !!

As no one agreed , i decided to test myself and went into deep water all alone ... impervious to the cries of concern from my frens ... all i could think of then was that i was a god and gods don't die ...(there's a reason behind that thought which i would not like to mention ) plus i always wanted to do something like this ever since i saw this movie gattaca !! well i kept on going into deeper water and more deeper water ... finally i was getting dragged in and the waves were so strong that they started bashing me against the rocks underneath the surface .... i could barely keep afloat and was spending most time underneath the surface ... all i could think of at that moment was how do i get out of this ?? uttered cries of help but my frens were just stuck there and they were as helpless as i was with no rescue equipment or lifeguards anywhere !!!

i started swimming but it didnt really help cause i was using up my energy and tiring my body ... and still wasnt getting anywhere except being dragged in deeper by the strong currents !!! my only shot at surviving this self created ordeal were the rocks near by but i was concerned about the force i would hit the rocks with cause of the current behind me ... the last thing i wanted was to be knocked out and washed away !!

its really strange how the human mind works in a situation like this ... every second seems like an eternity ... u can feel the blood racing and every molecule of oxygen being used to create energy !!! all i kept telling myself was that i was that this was not my time to die and i will live on ... felt a bit of that survivor spirit from the time i met with this car accident when i was in 2nd grade (my first life threatening incident!!!)...

so well then i went in for the rocks with my hands in front of me and my head tucked back to save it from any eventuality ... the water got me close to the rocks... tried grabbing the rocks but all i could touch was the algae growing on em ... this happened twice before i could finally grab hold and pulled my self up ... my next concern was to move up and save myself from the huge quantities of angry sea water hitting the rock ... got some energy and did that ... as soon as i knew i was safe and mostly alive ... just hit the floor and took in deep breaths .... you dont know what life is unless you see death in person !!! by this time my frens got to the rock and helped me back to the beach ... where i got a lot of lectures ... loads of emotional blackmail and a truck full of frowns ...everything i deserved for being an ass and trying out a crazy stunt like that !! i had a body full of bruises cause of the rocks and just felt a lil dazed ... just lay down on the beach ... looked at the sky and the eagles flying up there ... lit up a cig and took the smoke in ... thanked god for being alive and started singing in my mind ....

the journey back was less eventful ... just stopped in the way once to get chilled beer ... got back to manipal when amby found out that his phone was missing ... a few phone calls and running around got his phone back !!!

came back ... just took a shower ... cleaned up my wounds and had dinner !!! too tired to even think ... but i dunno why i had this sudden urge to write this blog !!!

life is precious ...
life is good ....
and as long as you have it ... respect it
you might only understand it when you're dead ...
but whats the point in being dead so soon ???

so here i am still alive ... kinda shaken up in a good way ... felt a tinge of energy coming back into my body ... gonna make something out of it ... at least thats what the plan is !!!

p.s: that movie gattaca is once sexy movie ... if sci fi is ur thing u have to see it !! the tagline of the movie is .... "There is no gene for the human spirit."

p.p.s : i still love the sea ...

p.p.p.s : we're all star dust and one day we shall go back to where we came from ....

cya ... gnight ... peace


As jim put it once ....
This is the end
My only friend, the end

Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
Ill never look into your eyes...again

Can you picture what will be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need...of some...strangers hand
In a...desperate land