Part 2

Hmmm...so where was i?....ya..the day when we finally gave our names for the tour..i think dat day was thursday and we were to leave on monday..n by this time the lectures abt what to do n what not to do on such tours had begun at home...i had to constantly remind my mom dat i am not a lil kid..but no..she wouldn't listen or maybe she din want to..result being i was told not to trust any strangers...i shouldn't eat anything they offer!!(as if i were some exotic monkey in a zoo!!! dat reminds me its been ages since i last visited a zoo...hmm..should make a mental note of it...) oh god!! it was annoying!! my mom went on n on...but i know it was for my own good..so i dint interrupt her much whenever she started off her tour trivia...i had to just grin n bear it..
The next 3 days went by painfully slow..i guess it was my anticipation for monday dat made those three days look like slow motion..meanwhile on saturday a few of my friends and i went on a peace rally for the victims of the blast..it was very tiring but we felt good abt it..then the next day sunday went away in a blur..i dont remember much..then finally came monday!!!!the day i was waiting for all my life!!(plaese excuse the exagerration..hehe..but dats how i felt at point of time)
I couldn't sleep the whole of previous night..so i woke up late dat mrng..i still couldn't believe it..we were actually going!! my friends and i purposely dint speak abt it much since thursday coz we thought talkin abt the tour is jinxed..i dunno how people come up with such weird superstitions..blame it on the human nature..but my imagination was on a overdrive..i was tryin to put on a facade of being calm n cool abt it but in reality i was all hyper n edgy inside..it was the same case with all my friends...Man!! was it exciting!!!..
My train was at 7 in the evening n we were supposed to be at the station at 6..i being the laziest person alive,started my packing at 4 much to the shock of my friends who were ready to leave for the station at any given instant..i wouldn't have been surprised if they did..hehe..i think i was online the whole time dat day..yeah..tellin everyone dat i was goin on a tour!! i was behaving like an idiot..meanwhile we were constantly smssing each other askin what snacks the other person was bringing to eat..my friends and i HUGE foodies...food is VERY important to us..so this ofcourse was very crucial..ultimately it was decided dat everyone had to bring some tid bits to munch on..2 of my friends took up the responsibility of gettin the dinner..so this major problem was solved at last..
My packing was another adventure in itself...my tour was for 5 days and i packed for a month instead..oh god my bag was SO heavy!!! I dint realise dat till i reached the station..both my dad and bro had come to see me off..my mom dint want to come citing emotional reasons..n i let her be...
The moment i reached the station i spotted my friend who had come with her cousin..the shock i got when i saw her bag was unbelievable..her bag was tiny in front of mine!! then i found my other friend who had come with both her parents..At this time i dunno wat happened but i just started laughin lookin at her..no she was not lookin funny or anythin...but i dunno sometimes i just start laughin..she too started laughin lookin at my bag..teasing me abt it..slowly all my friends started comin with their army of family members..i was missin my mom already..during all this i was constantly gettin calls frm my other friends wishin me happy journey...but i was more than happy..time was 6:45 and my friend prathibha was yet to come..we were gettin all tensed now..my dad asked me n the others to get into the train as it was gettin late.. my bro purposely made me carry my bag to show me how heavy it was.. i had to carry it all over the foot over bridge n dats wen i realised dat i had indeed packed a lil too much..
we started gettin worried coz there was no sight of prathibha..then all of a sudden we spotted her runnin like crazy on the other platform with her mom and aunts..it was such a funny sight!! we were relieved..and i massaging my completely red palm..thanx to my bag..my bro had a nice laugh..he had to take the bag midway through the footover bridge lookin at my expressions..and i was cursing my self for packin so much..
Finally we entered the train...

The Migc Tour!!!!!! Part 1

Its been a really long time since i last blogged..there r so many things to write abt but i think its best i recorded the memories of my tour before they dissipate frm my memory...so here goes...
I've NEVER and i mean never gone on a trip like this with my friends before this trip hence it holds a special place in my heart...because i will never get to go like this again..ok m gettin too senti here..hehe..sorry abt dat...but cant help it u see..ok ok i'll get to it now...
Last year i.e, when i was in my first year there was a trip to kerela but we dint go becoz of multiple reasons..so we had made up our minds dat no matter what we wud go this year!! Finally the day arrived when they announced abt the tour..we were ecstatic!! they had given us a choice of places like chennai,pune,mumbai,palampur b'lore and delhi..A few of my friends and i wanted to go to chennai as i've never been there..also we wanted to meet our friend there(dis was da main reason of our wanting to go there)..but sadly it was dropped..reasons unknown to us..we were then told dat there were going to be 2 different packages for the tour..one was b'lolre,mysore n ooty and the other one was delhi,shimla,chandigarh n some other place...i've already seen all the places i've mentioned here so i din really care where we went as long as we were goin somewhere...but all my friends and i decided on the b'lore trip as none of them had seen ooty before and it was not so far away frm home unlike delhi n those other places..we all excitedly went n gave the names for the tour..almost the whole of our class gave the names...But one day to our utter dismay.. it was announced dat ooty was being dropped..instead we wud be visiting some 11 research institutes in 4 days!!! now dats too much!!!!!!!! i mean who in their right sense frame of mind wud be able to go to so many research institutes in a such a short time frame!!!!!this was a huge blow!!! a sort of anti climax...we all decided to drop out...everyone except some 2 guys withdrew their names(these guys r not human..seriously i dunno what they were thinkin..maybe they wanted to show off how serious they r abt their vocation..whatever..its another blog in itself ;) )
Seein the sudden drop in the names they made some changes in the plan..i wasn't in the college dat day when this happened..i was in the Times Of India Youthopia college fest..(my experiences in this fest deserve another blog!!) I was on the main road outside the college where this fest was takin place when i got a call frm my friend tellin me abt the changed plans of the tour askin me whether or not should we go...it was the last day to register n they were waitin for me to decide..i impulsively said YES!! i dint care..i just knew we had to go..my friend warned me again tellin me dat we had to appear for exams immediately after da tour but i was adamant demanding her to give all the names..she gave the names hesitatingly but i knew everyone wanted to go..so now we were goin..i had mixed feelings abt it..
Now dat the names were given..the excitement began all over again...