Sunday, May 10, 2009

The CPLC Bash!!


"Guys be there on 9th may for the CPLC bash and keep your feet free. Sharp 6.36 pm"

This was the invitation that was sent by the CPLC administrator to invite all the students for the bash happening on 9th may that was yesterday.

Let me brief u guys about CPLC ..its Chitale's Personalised Learning Centre. I am so sure many CPLC students will have their tongue in cheek after reading the full form."Oh!.. thats the full form" lol..

Its my CAT classes that i had joined some months back and I always loved the atmosphere there. The professors are friendly and helpful and masters in their subjects.

Well the bash was happening at jashoda rang mandir next to NM college to celebrate the success of CPLC students in the recent CET/CAT exams.We were kept updated through facebook in the CPLC group as well as by a guy called Sutradhar CPLC who represents the CPLC and communicates between the students and the classes.

I learnt that some acts are gona be performed on stage and they need dancers for group dance.I know i am a budding engineer , I know my exam starts in less than 2 weeks but I was too bored and it was hardly any time. Plus the idea of learning the dance , interacting with the teachers, meeting new people was exciting enough for me to volunteer for it.

I was one of the members of the group dance with 11 others.
The songs were 
kismat konnection(title track)
desi girl
jee karda
mar jaani

And ask me about it , I had awesome fun the last 2 days practicing and alas performing sucessfully on it.The practice sessions in particular were damn funny.The whole choreographing act.If i have to describe each and everything it would be too much to talk about.I remember pooja who was trying her best to choreograph the song with a lil slip of tongue said 

" ok guys in this particular music  for ten seconds you have to do nothing .. just play with yourself."  
 and we all burst out laughing.
swati with her jive and salsa performance when we were down and out after continuous practicing she entertained us with some amazing moves.

rohan and gaurav who entertained us by their non-stop commenting on the choreography.
harshita who taught me some cheer leading steps with the pom-poms


i shud mention rancy has a beautiful voice.
and ankita the big scholar i was zapped when i heard she's a 99 percentile student
 
I met some really sweet, nice and fun to be with people.

It was the last act of the evening after which everyone cut loose from the professors to the students and almost everyone was on stage.
Bhavin Sir specially danced like a professional. He was awesome.

I was happy that I contributed towards the bash and interacted so much with the professors who are going play a very important role in building my career next 6 months.

The music was amazing thereafter and the food was equally good.All in all nice fun.Enjoyed.Thank you CPLC. 

Friday, May 8, 2009

God Bless You.





So finally my dreaded vivas(orals) are over. I know its a bit pakaoing seeing me crib about my vivas every second post but guys u have no idea the hell engineers are made to go through for a meagre 25 marks.

Anyway lets leave that aside now dat its over and my Preparation Leave starts
Our professors call it "study leave"... engineers call it "leave study"
trust me this is the time meant for us to study considering the entire semester is digested and puked in 20 days of study leave...on the contrary we spend all the more time playing stupid flash games , watching tv , orkutting , facebooking and many other such important stuff!..
lol
I just wanted to start the prep leave on a high so I thought of studying. In fact i managed to put my bum on my chair for quite a long time and was quite happy about it.

So decided to go for a walk down and this wierd thing came in my mind lets go and visit the temples in my colony. I call it wierd because its been ages that i have even stopped seeing a temple forget visiting it.

My mom was after my life , she walways used to tell me , out of 24 hours in ur day atleast spend 24 seconds praying in front of the god. But.. all her efforts and nagging were in vain and she eventually stopped.

I thought its mother's day so Y not do something to be the momma's boy.
Therefore i decided to go and visit the mandirs and even asked her to company which was more like shouting " dekho mai mandir jaa raha hoo.. baad mein bolna mat that m an atheist"

Lol cos everytime she used to mention this i always used to tell her "u neednt go to a particular place to pray to god , he's omnipresent.I used to call the faith she has in god as superstition.
Although when I am in need the first thing i do is pray. ( Sucha hypocrite.. lol)

Guys bangur nagar , where I stay , is a senior citizen's paradise. There are closed to 6 temples in 10 min walking distance. 

See when you go and visit a temple there are three P's dat come along with it.

Peace , Pure , Positive

It felt so nice. It was divine. The chants of "Om". The silence in the background. The devoted and dedicated faces. The people with faith in their gods.The red orange grey teekas.Something powerful was there in each of the things.

My dad used to tell me that you dont visit temples to pray.
You go to temples because thats the only place where how much ever u try a negative thought will never come across your mind.You will never think bad about anyone or anything once in the temple.

One more thing that i used to ask my dad when i was a kid was why do we have to touch our elder's feet to show that we love them and respect them
Why the formality when the respect comes from the heart.
To which he answered " when you touch someone's feet at the same time the person keeps a hand on your head to bless you and a circle of positive energy is thus completed in this way."

It made sense even though superficial.

Another thing that i read in a book was about the famous tirupati temple in tamil nadu.
Why do devotees who go to visit the tirupati temple donate thier hair.I mean what kind of "daan" is that. We have always seen people donating wealth , food , shelter, clothing.
But hair??!!.. wierd naa..
But the answer is that generally a human beings associates one's hair to pride , style , personality , image. The first thing you do when you look into the mirror is check whether your hair is looking alright or no.
So when u donate your hair to god it means that you are being humble , sacrificing your pride honour style and u are reminded dat you should always be down to earth.
Makes sense doesnt it?.

I realised how pure i felt when i finally visited the temples. It was a kind of refreshment and the urge to be more positive in life and be content with what you have.

Thank you God....Bless All..