At home, In paradise

I am typing this in the comfort of my home, next to my bed. It feels sooooo good to be back. Just paradise...I had been waiting for this day since ages. For the past two nights I haven't slept. I am so excited about coming home for the festival (Ganesh Chaturthi) notwithstanding the fact that I lose four days' attendance which is quite a lot for a person like me who rarely misses class.
So let me do some catching up. Viva went off really well (Whew!). It was much better than I expected it to be considering I had studied almost nothing for it. This was on 13th September. Soon after my viva I went straight to the city and had a nice haircut. Well, its too short for comfort actually. (I asked the hairdresser to make it a "bit" short but it ultimately ended up being too short.) Nevertheless, I am really kicked. Wonder why I get kicks out of even a bad haircut...
Soon after college the next day I went out for lunch with a close friend, D. My birthday treat for him was pending and we hadn't gone out in a long time. Had an awesome time. We went to a South Indian restaurant- one I had never been to earlier. Unfortunately, and very strangely too there was no rice. Anyway I enjoyed lunch. In fact, my friend told me that though he generally liked (but thought nothing really great about) South Indian food he always enjoyed it much more when he lunched with me thanks to my "knowledge about south indian food and the way I put it across" to him. It was quite a compliment.
The whole night was spent in lots of excitement (running around, taking snaps etc.) and packing. I slept really late (around 3 in the morning) and woke up today, by a stroke of sheer luck, just in time for my flight. My mother tried waking me up by calling me at least twenty times but it was of no avail. I really don't know what woke me up.
Back home, the whole day was dotted with outings. I ran around to cousins', aunts' and friends' places to say hello. The afternoon was spent with my cousin touring Vijaynagar and generally doing arbit stuff there. It started off with giving my cousin's photos for developing but we ended up walking into every arbit shop, looking around and generally killing time. In the bargain, I also got to see Vijayanagar, an area I am not very familiar with. In the evening I went out shopping at Shoppers' Stop and picked up some real cool stuff for the festival.
All the time I was travelling on Bangalore roads I kept looking out and feeling so good about being in paradise city. Its any day better than dirty, stinky and dilapidated Kolkata. It reminds me of a dialogue from the movie Yuva... " Main tumhare pyaar mein itna paagal ho gaya hoo ke mujhe kalkatta bhi saaph suthra lagne laga hai..."
How true!! I dont know about the "pyaar" part though. The intended pun is definitely true.
Oh yes, I finally got snaps of my hostel and college developed. This is the first time I have captured my college and my hostel on camera. A good part of the night was spent showing them to the whole family. Some of them are in very poor light (around 4 of them) and unfortunately, these were the very snaps I had been waiting to see. :-( However, there are some really good ones too and I am happy they came out well.
Tomorrow will be running around as well. In fact, so will be the next three days till I leave Bangalore on Monday morning. (oh.. let me not be reminded of that now....)
Looking forward to a great festival before I go back to studies... (sigh!!)
I am reaaaaaallllllly sleepy now. (Remember, I haven't slept for the last two days properly.)
And mom's calling too...
So bye.
PS: To my college friends: In case you want to conatct me please do so on my Kolkata cell. (Kolkata number is active.) For my Bangalore friends: You could call me either on my Kolkata cell (no, you won't be charged std rates for it)or on the landline. I should be at my aunts' (and not my mom's) place most of the time. If I am out, you could always leave a message.