the dusk of college life.........

so here we are...........

at the fag end of my life as a "Medical Cadet" ........yeah, i know it sounds weird.....

.....still ........... if i haven't written as much as could be expected.........it's because of the reason that writing is such a time consuming process.... haha..

.....in anycase, LIVING it has been a bittersweet experience........

........from worrying about meeting the requisite attendance criteria at the end of each professional year.......to cribbing about the scanty vacations.......

.....life in college has taught me a lot.............i'd say made me more cynical.............and made me learn that if you take things hands-down......people will show no consideration .......... at some point, one's got to retaliate............

.....

........so, i walk into the twilight of college life........................

worrying yet again about the attendance, .... and with no worthwhile exam preparations (as yet) .........

......let's see what happens ................. GERONIMO !!

What was that book! ?

Was reading yet another of those "engineering college/MBA life -- all haha, dope-filled, and ridiculously easy to pass, yet we dread our exams etc. etc." ..... don't even remember the name, there are so many of them around....

can't say what gets into people once they pass engineering or get through MBA ......... does the "writer-bug" find them really tempting, or the "Bhagat sold it, so why can't I" bug............

and yeah........they do sell.........to what extent i can't say..........or is it that people have nothing else to do after they do that.............would leave the question open............

.............wonder what will be like to write a book on life in a Medical College............

......................bet that Dissection Hall yarns will be much more interesting than Metallurgy lab.............

............let's see...............if in a few years no one does..................will have to do something about it..........

The World of Nature....

Forever i have wondered.... why I found animals more interesting than humans??....

.........no !! that's definitely not some kind of perversion........

..... was watching the documentary "Earth" ....... a couple of days back..........and i realized .......... it is simply because People are so complex ... and animals are so straightforward............... no animal is bad, ... whatever they do, they do for a purpose, not on a whim........ all are great parents , and very-very selfish offspring........

and in this world, where just to survive in the wild -- yes, even for 'wild' animals -- takes all one's effort, it's rare to see hearts that pure, and free from malice...............

.........there are no shades of grey in the animal world.........and if there are, only a few..........

.......i think i am going to be very upset at the next person who says "animals are dangerous because they are unpredictable"......... because in fact, it's the complex a.k.a "sophisticated" humans that are so.......

ahhh.....smells like success...

Ever had that feeling of having hit a jackpot overnight??........

........i'll bet u have..... ........ but first the current affairs.........

..............VIII term (sem) is like a grindmill where you can neither enjoy studies (who ever did anyway !), nor the holidays (and believe me, it's nearly been one long vacation for the last month)......

.....anyway, the success story goes like this -- after a remarkably drastic experience in the PSM (that is Preventive and Social Medicine, for the uninitiated) theory exams, the outcome looked bleak... very bleak after the practicals...

......mentioning the date of results was a taboo........ hell! yeah, we were worried -- some for the fear of failing (at least I was !) .... some for the fear of losing those distinctions...

So, they came out, the results .... and I passed!! (thank goodness!!) ... no wait! got an under-20 rank .............. only the second time after Ist year !.......... and a distinction in Ophthalmology (notwithstanding the fact that at least 80 others got that too)......well that's something to rejoice i guess!

.........I'm happy, folks -- not because of the performance itself ( you know i'm not of that type, right ;-) )

-- but because now i get a genuine shot at getting PC............. what's that ? .... that's for another time

Superiority, Inferiority etc etc...

Yeah, i remember.............it was the ENT Prelims clinical exam.............and i had this little "conversation" (carried at about 160 decibels) with a "lady" (if you could call her that) colleague of mine...........

.........The point she brought up was one of "superiority"............or in my case, inferiority...............to whom?......(to her of course)............in what way? (well, don't know for sure)................... .

.............if i got the drift right, it had something to do with marks and academic performance............(abyssmal on my part :) ).............

.................but then i wondered.............................is it really so???.........

.............only the academics decide who's is "superior" and who is not?.............

i guess it's like that now.................but if that's the case.............is it right?

.........so all you artists, singers, actors, photographers and all other "inferior" people........pack up your paraphernalia ............. get 'em books out..................and start mugging.....................shut down Flickr, facebook, even this Blog..............

and ...nose-dive, quite literally, in the world of "literacy"......................because, true "knowledge"......lies elsewhere......

(sorry for using so many "quotes"...................try and understand).....

arrey ye paani kab barsega??!!!!

.....life's HOT!!....

literally..........with temperatures crossing 40deg............attending clinics and aftrnoon classes has become an everyday battle with the "inner sloth"......

....or is it self-preservation instinct??? .. :)

.........in any case........clinics and classes would have to be attended.........

.............as long as there is water to drink and bathe in (in that order..he he)..........

.......with news of reservoirs drying up......even that aspect is appearing doomed...................

............

..............

................abhi kuch din se baadal to hain..............PAR YE BAARISH KYON NAHI HOTI YAAR !!!!!........

........(yeah yeah......i knw.............aftr a couple months i'll be praying fr it to stop :D )........

.............

..................koi nahi................life's like dat........

Ring-RING-Ringaa......

Ring Ring Ringa.........
that's a song from the "critically acclaimed" Slumdog Millionaire...
but what comes to my mind is the number of cellphones we Indians are using nowadays.....
I remember when I was in school, having a cellphone was one of the status symbols.......heck! even my dad din't have one ever!!....
...but within a couple years, what i see is that practically everyone...yeah EVERYONE is flaunting one...

This thought hit me the hardest at an eye-camp conducted by our Ophthalm. dept.....
that was conducted for patients who couldn't supposedly afford an eye surgery........now as far as i think it's not one of the costly ones......... and SEE (rather hear)......in that little gathering, from every corner.....now and then........a new tone...:).. (we'll talk about "mobile manners" some other time...)
.................so much for "Kar lo duniya mutthi mein"................