Home at last
I am back at home finally after an arduous journey from Kolkata. I dont think I mentioned it yesterday but my journey from Kolkata to Chennai by Coramandel Express was horrendous to say the least. The whole problem was with my ticket which was not confirmed. I had a seat (RAC) but no berth. Which meant that three people-two with RAC and one with reserved ticket- would share two side berths. The guy with the reserved ticket gets the upper berth and the two others with RAC share the lower berth. Well, rules are meant to be on paper alone.
The guy with a reserved ticket next to me would not, for god's sake understand that I was entitled to a seat. He was Bong and couldn't speak any other language to save his life. After hours of screaming my lungs out (thanks to the uncooperative TT who didn't do anything more than just check our tickets) and fighting like a mad woman, I managed to sit. He and his family hated me and gave me dirty looks for the rest of the journey.
Well, it really doesn't matter to me as long as I have no other problems. But the guy who shared my berth wouldn't sit through the night. He slept without a care in the world and I had to sit cramped for space in order not to touch him. Terrible.
Anyway, all's well that ends well. I am at home and that is all that matters to me right now.
Exams were not very good. I gave in very average papers which were very much below my expectations. I know I didn't work at all this semester and in one way, I deserved such a performance. There were many reasons why I did absolutely no work this semester. After the initial twin mini-tragedies of losing at NLS and the intra university moot (despite solid hard work for both) I was disheartened and it took a long time for me to pull myself out of them only to become prey to another obstacle. It is not really important to say more about the latter but that it distracted me totally from my work is undeniable. I think I deserved something worse for giving up my long-cherished beliefs and principles to yeild to base temptations. I am lucky I managed to revive myself right before the exams to at least give in average papers if not a decent ones. I am lucky my papers were not below average.
But one thing is for sure. This debacle of a semester (irrespective of what my results will be it will always remain a debacle to me) has made me much more focussed at work. I am now more determined to get my life out of the shambles it is in right now and start working towards my goal.
On that note let me mention that I am going to visit NLS everyday at least for a week starting tomorrow to research for my projects of the next semester. NLS has undoubtedly the best library among all law schools in India and I am lucky I am at least in Bangalore (to be able to use the library) if not in NLS. I am so kicked about it that I have been looking forward to this day for a month now. I just hope my projects do go off well this semester so that I successfully take the first step towards rebuilding my life...
The guy with a reserved ticket next to me would not, for god's sake understand that I was entitled to a seat. He was Bong and couldn't speak any other language to save his life. After hours of screaming my lungs out (thanks to the uncooperative TT who didn't do anything more than just check our tickets) and fighting like a mad woman, I managed to sit. He and his family hated me and gave me dirty looks for the rest of the journey.
Well, it really doesn't matter to me as long as I have no other problems. But the guy who shared my berth wouldn't sit through the night. He slept without a care in the world and I had to sit cramped for space in order not to touch him. Terrible.
Anyway, all's well that ends well. I am at home and that is all that matters to me right now.
Exams were not very good. I gave in very average papers which were very much below my expectations. I know I didn't work at all this semester and in one way, I deserved such a performance. There were many reasons why I did absolutely no work this semester. After the initial twin mini-tragedies of losing at NLS and the intra university moot (despite solid hard work for both) I was disheartened and it took a long time for me to pull myself out of them only to become prey to another obstacle. It is not really important to say more about the latter but that it distracted me totally from my work is undeniable. I think I deserved something worse for giving up my long-cherished beliefs and principles to yeild to base temptations. I am lucky I managed to revive myself right before the exams to at least give in average papers if not a decent ones. I am lucky my papers were not below average.
But one thing is for sure. This debacle of a semester (irrespective of what my results will be it will always remain a debacle to me) has made me much more focussed at work. I am now more determined to get my life out of the shambles it is in right now and start working towards my goal.
On that note let me mention that I am going to visit NLS everyday at least for a week starting tomorrow to research for my projects of the next semester. NLS has undoubtedly the best library among all law schools in India and I am lucky I am at least in Bangalore (to be able to use the library) if not in NLS. I am so kicked about it that I have been looking forward to this day for a month now. I just hope my projects do go off well this semester so that I successfully take the first step towards rebuilding my life...
posted by Krits at 10/18/2004 09:23:00 pm
2 Comments:
wish you all the best. you could consider Birla cements, i think they are good at constructions or perhaps L&T....... -Indraneil
Hey Krits, good luck! Although knowing you, you are more likely to be exaggerating about the shambles and stuff, nevertheless, I hope things take a turn for the better. Go kick some serious legal butt, girl!
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