Fifth Time Lucky?

Author: *PD* Posted under:
Sem 5 is finally rolling and after two days in college I have no particular feeling about being back there. College has been good, bad and ugly at times but it's never been mundane, and now it seems to be becoming exactly that. There was always something worthwhile to look forward to, something I could keep my mind on, and drag myself through the umpteen classes. Now though it's just classes and when they finally get over for the day, I'm left wondering as to what exactly to do in that place. Wish something cool would come up soon (and by that, I definitely don't mean PecFest).
A lot has been going on apart from college though; gave my MBA scholarship test and very, very surprisingly, I did well enough to earn myself an interview call :D It's scheduled for tomorrow and I'm totally looking forward to it. Interview is one place where someone is sure to get fucked and the whole effort of making sure that that guy isn't you gives me quite a high :P
By the way, we have 4 core subjects this time and 5 subjects in all and the numbers can be quite depressing; but another surprise, most of the subjects seem interesting and even the teachers seem to be a couple of notches above the level we have begun to expect from the so-called PEC University Of Technology (If there was any doubt, no, I don't like the name).
One of the teachers yesterday asked us the one question that is supposed to be a taboo, and it brought back some really stinging memories of last semester; the cg downslide has been quite an issue for the past year and it'll take some serious work to make it respectable again ( Not that I didn't work in the previous semesters!).
Bring On the interview!

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Author: *PD* Posted under:
I really need to figure out what I want from life. It sucks not knowing.
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Scary

Author: *PD* Posted under:
This is something I haven't given much thought to, having always been comfortable with my set of friends, and my share of the usual jokes and the fun. But it's suddenly become very apparent and I can't help but wonder where I'm headed. People don't remain the same once they commit to someone, something I learned the hard way with most of my friends. And now if I look around me, majority of the people I call my closest friends are either committed or on the verge of being and it's getting scarier by the day. It's bad enough not being high enough on your best friends' priority list, even worse when you know that you're dependent on them because you yourself can't find a girl 'worthy' enough to hang out with. And that's the whole point. I just can't get myself to hang around with someone just for the sake of it and the perfect girl I keep hoping for just doesn't seem to turn up. It's like I might lose the good girls I know if I keep waiting for the perfect someone, who doesn't exactly exist.
It's like a friend of mine once said: They all look perfect from a distance, but when you get to know them, well, that's another story.
Wish someone could tell me what was going on here :(
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The Fountainhead

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As a young boy, I always used to wonder why everything that I enjoyed and really wanted to do was considered inappropriate and futile. Why everything I, or any man for that matter, wanted from my life was not the right thing, and I was supposed to do things they considered right. It's a question that plagues most of us initially, but then we get used to the practical way of life and forget about such mundane things as 'our' happiness and 'our' enjoyment. We should live for other's happiness, they say, because it is virtuous. But is it?
This is one of the many questions The Fountainhead asks and it leaves you wondering. Wondering and questioning every ideal you have ever encountered, every lesson you ever learnt, everything you ever considered to be right.
I cannot sit here and mention any adjective that would suffice to define or describe what the book is, or what it can do to you. Books are supposed to do a number of things to you, but they are not supposed to be inconvenient, and they are not supposed to make you feel inadequate. This one does, but it's not the only thing it does.
If I had to quote any 'special' lines from the book, I could so much as go on and quote the whole book. Every word is important; every sentence, a treat to read. This isn't one of those books you read to find out what happens next, but for the pleasure of every word, perfectly put precisely where it was needed. The sentences flow from one to the next, the story grips you to sit through it, the philosophy makes you question every belief you ever had, and yet, none of it is overdone. If you haven't read this, you cannot know what brilliance is, or what it can be. This book gives you a perspective that you couldn't have had before. Read it for the unforgettable experience it is bound to give you, just as it gave me.
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