Excavation experience

Today I was clearing up old junk…really boring but it sure beats studying Chemistry…lol :D
Just happened to rediscover lots of old stuff I had kept from my 3rd standard. A few of them:
A mirinda bottle cap with 100$ printed on it…part of a competition where one had to collect 500$ to win a GameBoy
My diver G.I.Joe I got free with a tube of Pepsodent. One legged, rigid due to the other leg being FeviKwiked. I used to tie the only foot with a thread and push him off places, like bungee jumping
A mini computer-lookalike I made out of cardboard! Complete with mouse, keyboard, mousepad and 2 CDs of Road Rash and Age of Empires
A plastic marble I had excavated from my ground floor playing days. Dug up and found this one, multiple faced, football like black marble. Reminded me of the one in Jumanji at the centre of the board.
A badge I had made with Agent Sidharth written on it. It’s even got VIP Acess and other such authority wielding names…
An X-Men card game I had made myself when I was in 6th standard. Didn’t really take off into a full-fledged game
My favorite bubble kit…I love the frog shaped bubble blower
Lots of good memories!!!

I guess that’s childhood well spent. Those were the days, always doing something new without any actual plans like I keep nowadays.
It’s fun to actually do stuff like this. There is no Indian Standard of Nerdiness, thankfully, but I’m sure I’ll score pretty high on a U.S. Standard of Nerdiness. I guess inventing a boardgame, making prank toys and drawing crazy cartoons is all part of nerdiness as defined in their laws and sections.
I THEREFORE PROUDLY DECLARE TO BE A NERD!!!!(a happy one for that matter)

Lessons from Spongebob

Strange title? Even stranger post. (If anyone is reading this aaat aaalll. I doubt anyone does, or anyone would bother to tell me they do.) Spongebob is great. He is REALLY too great for me to describe.In case you haven't seen Spongebob yet, catch an episode on Colors and then read this. 3 cheers to Colors for starting the show there....Spongebob is a strange fellow. He looks like an adult but is really a child at heart. Quote Wiki:"SpongeBob is a porous yellow sponge with large blue eyes, many holes appearing all around his body, a mouth with prominent front buck teeth, dimples and freckles. He is also, at times, shown to have hair. He typically wears a white shirt with a red tie and brown square trousers (the entire outfit is sometimes referred to as his "pants") - hence his family name - and black leather shoes. When he works at the Krusty Krab, he wears a hat with an anchor on it as a uniform. He replaces the necktie with a chokie bow tie for special events. He sleeps in his pajamas (in the episode "Sleepy Time"), in pajamas or in underwear, with shoes, or barefoot in various episodes; in the movie he sleeps wearing socks and underwear."

What is so appealing about Spongebob? He's appealing to one and all, from 8 year olds to 80 year olds. The comic nature of the show attracts kids. I personally laugh to tears at the stupidity. And alongwith the slapstick comes a great deal of dialogue, character and the realness of his personality. There is a Spongebob in each one of us. The problem is, this Spongebob is dying out of us. When we watch the show, we will find it all too silly for adults' entretainment. But somewhere deep down, we love this character. If there was one best friend in my life I'd wish was, it would have to be Spongebob. The absolute contrast of Spongebob is his grouchy neighbour Squidward. He is a big-time pessimist, and he kinda symbolizes the adult human being. You know, "get off my lawn! stop yelling! stupid kids!" type. As we mature, we are ACTUALLY turning into this creature.Spongebob on the other hand, is happy, funny and frolicking. He reminds me of the timeless age when all I did was have fun and never take any tension at all.

Just imagine a world with no crazy stuff, no funny incidents, no wacky situations. That is a world without Spongebob. We have a lot to learn from Spongebob. We have to learn to bring the kid inside us back again. That, I feel, is the essence of life.

Moreover, Spongebob is a symbol of pop-culture, and he's got bands like Metallica playing to his credits. That's why i dig Spongebob. Check out his Goofy Goober Rock video on YouTube or watch the Spongebob Squarepants movie.

I LOVE SPONGEBOB AND HE WILL LIVE FOREVER!!!!!!!

First day of college

First day of college was quite a let down.... very disppointed with the fact that they've installed CCTV cameras to actually watch us. And there's this boys' lounge some 3 floors below, so when we have to pee, jump down 3 floors and rush!!! Rumor has it they've installed a CCTV camera there with nightvision. hahahaha



School............

What do I expect from a school? Since I'm out of school, I know EXACTLY what a school needs. 1:good teaching staff

2:good athletic training staff

3:Some place where everyone gets a chance to show off...sometimes other people are just treated like a lower strata of society...imagine the plight of a 16 year old not in football, athletics, academics, music, art or even just something plain as elocution

As far as my school is concerned...no comments

I'm kind of drowsy today...

Yes.....it's one of those rare days when a lazy butt like me can actually go and just work his ass off. I'm so bloody spent today....
It starts with a 6:30 departure in the morn for a TEST. The sad part is we've got minus markings for the test....hehe
I'm so hopeless i must have just scored 80 out of 300. I then had this strong feeling in the bus nagging me all the time. I think it was the dire need for school and my notoriously fun class. I MISS SCHOOL................boohoohoo:(
But its okay, college starts tomorrow. Now it will lead to the point when school seems nothing and college is the best time of our life. School........i have a school of thoughts on this topic.
What is the meaning of schooling?

School, as far as experience tells me, can be viewed in two ways. Either it’s the place designed for simulating a dog-eat-dog world, or it’s the greatest place to hangout with friends. People take it many ways, some believe it’s a dog-eat-dog world, some say it’s only good enough for hanging out with friends, while some see it as a combination of both, as I personally do. Dog-eat-dog in the sense everyone is jumping at you, telling you study this, study that, get so much marks, top the class. It’s just giving us an idea of the innumerous people who swim for the medal in a huge race of humans.
I was pretty anti- rat race initially after i heard how 70 students fight for a seat in IIT. Seriously, IIT is too much of a cliche. I can't handle such super-cliches. But then, man has been struggling since history tells us. First it was food, then it was forming a civilized life, then it has been territorial problems, and the list for which man has struggled goes on and on....
This entrance exams writing thingy is just the newest struggle where we practice Darwinism. Survival of the fittest. I'm getting a bit fitter for my own good, in the end. So I got to study...lolz what a hypocrite I am. I say I hate studies and eventually I'm ACTUALLY spending 6 hours now for a test(the day before only, mind you .I must have done just a few hours more for my SSC!!!!)
Next time: What schools lack, according to me, in modern India. I seriously feel these shortcomings as a student!!!!