Sunday, May 22, 2005

Sixth Sense!

9:00 in the night on a lazy sunday, chinese for food,bored roommates for company and nothing much to do, I popped in 'Sixth Sense' in the dvd player and let it rip. I hadnt seen the movie since it was released 3 years back and desperately wanted to catch M. Night Shymalan's chillin thriller. After watching 'Signs' and 'The Village' I am a big fan of Shyamalan's movies. At11:00 pm I found myself frozen in place clutching the arm rest, being aroused only after being told that the movie is over and you can stop being scared ;).
I must say its a brilliant movie with a great climax. The movie got me thinking, can there be life after death? is there after life? Are all these ghost stories just fiction or is there an iota of truth in them? Maybe the five senses and some blessed with the sixth are not sufficient for humans to perceive other worldly beings! Is it possbile that people do communicate after they leave this human form. Is it possible that humans dont die, its just that they take a different form which a normal human being cant visualize. As wind and heat cannot be seen but only felt is there some from which cannot be seen nor can be felt? Well I am writing all this in my complete senses, just thought that you must be calling me a freak by now! If there comes a time in my life, when I have done everything, experienced everything, have everything and nothing much to do I am going to start investigating and find answers to my questions.
Did I just write all that! oh my god! I guess its time for my brain to take a break and s**t its monday tomorrow....zzzzzz!

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

A day at Drexel

6:30 Wake up and lie awake in bed.
6:31 Realize you spent $18 on last night's dinner, means no eating out for the next 6 weeks.
7:00 Wake up suddenly with heart in mouth when you realize you didn't hit the snooze button--you turned it off.
7:01 Fall asleep again.
7:44 Wake up with heart in mouth again.
7:45 Ready to go to school, will shave tommorrow, bathe day after, will eat early brunch at (Taco's/John's/Daily Deli/Mike's whatever cafeteria).
8:03 Arrive at school. Realize your labmate arrived earlier today as usual and must have got more work done.
8:04 Pass by Advisor's office, chat with Secretary to find out if he is coming in today. He is, darn. Need to start work on the draft due this afternoon.
8:15 Read electronic mail.
8:20 Delete mail from prospective students regarding questions about the funding, courses, profs, univ. Darn these inquisitive freshers. Depression: too much work to do today.
9:00 For jumpstart: go to Pepsi machine.
9:05 Kick Pepsi machine; promise yourself to call up the company and ask for your money back. Wonder why they would believe you.
9:33 Start printing out loads of stuff that may be vaguely related to your work.
9:41 Early morning stupefaction. Mutter racist comments to yourself about your officemate. 9:43 Curse your officemate in a low tone he would not comprehend. Feel good about him not grasping English well.
9:58 Finger everyone in the department and most people half way around the world10:19 Feel sleepy, should not have stayed late writing this post last night.
10:31 Momentary panic attack!!!!!!!!!!!!
10:43 Make a daily schedule to be followed from tomorrow, which means never.
10:59 Drop in at advisor's office and borrow something you don't need & and kinda make him aware you are working hard on your project.
11:05 Perverted daydreams
11:11 Read electronic news. Mid-morning yawn time.
11:34 Start typing junk at a very high key-in rate to pretend you are working hard as your advisor passes by from outside.
11:35 Press the BackSpace key for one and a half minutes until all the garbage you typed in is erased. Realize that you can type more than 256 characters per half minute.
11:41 Flirt with the new girl in the department.
11:45 Print out some slides for afternoon's draft + presentation.
11:47 Print them again, you forgot to change the date from last presentation.
11:49 Print another copy in case this one gets lost.
11:51 Completely forget about sueing the coffee machine company.
12:15 Hunger pangs:
12:20 BigMac/Fries time. Drink a not-so-cold generic can of cola from your desk. Ch-Ching, you just saved 35 cents by buying bulk cola.
1:00 Group Meeting with advisor.
1:14 Sudden awareness of one's resentment towards foriegn officemate for sucking up to your advisor. Get reminded by your advisor that you need to do some more work for your literature survey.
1:51 Advisor hands you the reddened copy of your draft for corrections.
1:51:02 The 49 second urge to murder advisor begins!!
1:51:52 Realize that he controls your assistantship/grade/ graduation possiblity/graduation date/all job opportunities and the rest of your life.
1:52:53 Thank him
1:52:54 Thank yourself for not saying something stupid to your advisor
1:53:00 splitting headache
1:59 Check electronic mail, don't reply though, you are too busy to do that.
2:06 More generic cola.
2:17 Oh No, it is my turn to cook tonite :-(
2:30 Sit through the class you were told to sit through.
2:39 Look outside the window make unrealistic plans to quit this degree program and take up a job. Wonder why blonde girls are so pretty.
2:48 More perverted day-dreams. Close office door and open a few .gif files. Sharpen pencil.
3:06 Worry about never graduating. Time to write an email--NOT! No time for that. Rearrange desk. Call up bank, see if you have any money. Fear of losing aid next Fall ;)
3:43 Watch the clock. Make plans to do a all-nighter tonite. Vow to watch only 2 TV programs.
4:58 Notice advisor leave.
4:58:01 Sudden sense of freedom. Go home for quick, short dinner break and a power nap.
9:00 Come into the office
9:01 The hard working grad student you are, you have to come to the office late at night to "get the work done."
9:03 Check electronic mail. Decide it would be a good time to attack those ftp sites since network won't be loaded. Run into "since network won't be loaded" traffic and get the pictures into your machine. Compress all the unwanted research/class directories to make space. Back up all your pictures.
10:11 Admire pictures. Begin work; Realize you need references. Realize its too late today to go to the library. Sudden feeling of having wasted the day.
10:49 Sudden feeling of possibly having to waste the night, decide to turn in early and come back very early tommorrow morning. Decide to complete this blog to put yourself in a good mood.
11:15 Darn what should I write.
12:20 Tap away to glory and finish off the post. A sense of achievment!! Yes, today was not wasted!!
12:45 Return home to find your roommate watching the netflix movie u wanted to watch. Tell him about the "hard working grad student day you had." Discuss philosophy with roommate.
1:09am Think about becoming a philosopher. Argue with him about politics, why people prefer Japanese cars and whether it is good to have salad or chicken cheese steak for lunch
1:49 Realize neither of you have bought milk today. Get reminded of the "too much milk problem."
2:04 Forget about getting up early. Turn the alarm off and go to sleep.