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Wow. It's unbelievable how less I have been at the computer today :o But what's more unbelievable is the fact that I didn't even miss it so much xD Today was good, I have this tingly happy feeling in the pit of my stomach :)

I had college at about 12.50 but I left two hours early because I had to run a couple of errands on my way. It was pouring today and for some reason it didn't make me feel gloomy like it usually does. I was in my happy mood today or maybe it was just my white sticks? xP Anyway, college was good. We had Sociology and Fundamentals of Mass Communication today. Turns out that a member of the Censor Board is out teacher for Sociology. She seemed pretty nice ^^ Well, except for one part when she corrected me on pronouncing asocial as ey-social. She said "uh-social". It was annoying because I was sure I was right but I didn't want to argue with her. FYI I was right. It's ey-social. -.- Blargh :P Mass communication was fun, we did several activities x)

I finally, FINALLY made my train pass which is a huge relief because I can travel hassle free for the next three months. Oh, I found out that there are actually more people from where I live. Wow. Just wow. xD Now I have a whole bunch of people to travel with (when I want to.. I usually like using my travel time for music and deep thought).

Ohhh, the best part of the day was when we saw this candy man. He twisted turned and made this minty candy with his hands and put it on a stick :o Like.. wow, seriously. And he'd do any shape you want. My friends had one shaped like a lotus and the other one a peacock :o → here and here. :P If you think I am being lame about obsessing over it, just you wait till you try eating it :)

It's midnight now and I have to wake for college at seven something.. :P Toodles.. ♥
P.S. No news on St. Xavier's as yet but I am starting to get comfortable in KC. Quite a pickle, eh?

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The Aftermath..

I should've posted this entry yesterday but I was exhausted to the point that I frigging slept at 8.00 PM. Believe it or not, it's true. Then I woke up at 3 AM and I wanted to come online but I didn't want to freak my mum out in case she walked in :P Luckily, I fell asleep again and woke up at six. I had college at 8.40 today but I decided to skip it because I am honestly exhausted to my bone. ;_;

I left home at quarter to eight and I managed to board an empty train which was seriously very lucky because of the mad rush at my station. I reached KC at around 9.10 which is like, 20 minutes before time (a huge accomplishment already :P). I hunted for my class and I landed on first floor after searching for a bit and there was this group of five or six girls. I figured they were from BMM as well. I just asked one of them just to be sure, turns out this girl is from Malad too (that's where I live) and it's awesome because it's like the other end of town o_o and I could use some company when I travel, etc. I remember her name, erm.. it's Shradha I think :P Now anyway, our first lecture was Indroduction to Computers. Obviously I love, love the subject (it's computers.. d'oh!) and turns out we're going to do a bit of Corel Draw and Adobe. Whee :) The proffesor was really boring though ;_; Like the last 30 minutes were a draaaaag :( Ah well, it's probably because it's been so long since I sat in a classroom for that long :P Next being, History (which I love too irrespective what anyone else says. I am a nerd :P) was pretty interesting because firstly the proffesor seemed so nice and friendly :) I always love the kind (like my English my teacher in school). She told us that KC was in fact the first college ever to introduce BMM (wow, I didn't know that!) and that she's being teaching right from the time of it's inception. We discussed how our semester project for History will be a play on famous historical characters. I want to write the screenplay for it :) It seems like my kind of thing.

We have two lectures everyday, both lasting for like an hour and forty minutes. That makes it three hours and twenty minutes of college everyday which is great and pretty comfortable. Oh and at the end of class I was speaking to a few other people and turns out the girl sitting behind moi is from Malad as well. That makes it two people who I can travel with. Yay!

I went to meet Radhika after college for like a few minutes. It was fun catching up and +cough+ bitching +cough+ after months! And then I went to Colaba for Lunch and bought a bag cos I was bored waiting for people who were LATE btw :@ Hmph, anyway. Lunch was good :) Chicken after all :P Thennnn, I had to go to check the list at St. Xaviers. When my cab reached the college, I was like staring at the building in crazy admiration (I always do that for some reason, the college is so darn beautiful :P) I walked in hoping and praying that I make it, asked for directions and reached the noticeboard. Anddddd, my name was on it. Yes, Esha Rihal was on the list. And I shrieked "Yes!!" and people started staring at me :( Lol. It's only the final waiting list though. I know I shouldn't get my hopes up but I have a gut feeling I will get admission as soon as someone cancels (which they're bound to). I gave my number to BMM HoD in Xaviers and asked he said he'd call as soon as there's a cancellation :) He was surprised to know that I got into the first list in KC. I probably wouldn't think twice before switiching to St. Xaviers.
Actually, it's great that KC has started with classes so I can know
whether I like it or not, etc. I am just going to wait and see what happens until then.

Woah, that's a shit load of ranting. If you're not snoozing on your keyboard by now, kudos to you :D Anyway, that's all for now. Biiii ♥.

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It will be one crazy day..

I have finally realised that I am incapable of sleeping more than seven hours at a stretch. I slept extremely early last night, like 10 pm and woke up at 5 am today. Yeh, it's 6 in the am right now. I think a lot of it has to do with the crazy dream sequences that I had. I woke up giggling. I don't know why I keep having these dreams where I am back in school for some reason and there are all these other people that I like not to think about and my friends and everything. It's crazy, this is probably the seventh or eighth time that I had such a dream. I don't know what I have been thinking subconsciously.

I also had a dream that I got into the fourth list at St. Xavier's :P A girl can dream, can't she xD The list did come out last evening but I have had no clue about the current cut off. Thankfully, I'd be able to check today because I leave for Churchgate in about two hours from now? Oh right, forgot to mention that college starts today. Yeah, by that I mean KC. Classes start 9.30 am onwards. I hope I make it in time unlike my usual late self. :P I have zero expectations at the moment. I have no idea what it's going to turn out to be like but hopefully, I'll pull through. 'Hopefully' being the keyword here :P

I love how I can wake up in the morning and blog when thoughts are fresh and uncensored in my head. I always wanted to write a dream journal. Heh :P Yesterday was pretty much crazy too. I went to get my cellphone checked and my sim card renewed but as it turns out, I'd have to get a new number. Catastrophe ! You know why? Because 9819181947 was my identity for since the last three years. I don't know if I'd be able to lay my hands on a decent number again. Eh, so anyway.. I was getting to the point that I went to the mall and splurged like mad. I didn't know I needed these things till I got there. I bought my Cosmopolitan for the month (no, not the drink -.-) and I got cake which I had been craving for weeks now :P I also got some chocolates and a kohl pencil cos my last one broke :( Ok, you didn't need to know all that but blah I am trying to empty my head before I go to college. :P

That's all I guess. I must go take a shower now.. or sometime soon :P Wish me luck for my first day :* Although, my first day is most likely over by the time you read this. Hah.

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Tee Vee :)

I am running out of good shows to watch. My favourite three shows got finished with their season in the last two months and it's getting annoying :( I finished watching season 4 of Desperate Housewives. Thank god it was just the season finale, for a little bit I thought the show was over x_x;

They are going to fly five years into the future the next season onwards and I just can't wait for it to start because there seems to be an interesting turns of events. The most shocking bit being the part where Susan goes home to a mystery man. What on earth happened to Mike?! Secondly, I can't believe Gaby has let herself go :( It's a little depressing to see the eye candy of the four seasons dressed in a sweatshirt with two kids. I remember how she said "We won't ever have kids Carlos. My shoes are my babies, let me be a mom that I am destined to be." and five years down the line she has two obnoxious girlies. Wow :P Needless to say I am super excited about #5.

Gossip Girl ended sometime in May, I think.. ? That's another new season that I will be waiting for. To see if Serena and Dan are done for real or if they are up for a rough ride just like Ryan and Marissa. Mhmm. I always sorta wanted Nate and Blair to get together. Unlike almost everyone, I don't hate two of them. They're probably my favourite characters. I'd kill to have a friend like Blair. Although Nate will always be my Ken. Ken? You know, Barbie's boyfriend Ken :P Yeah, that Ken. Does Nathaniel Archibald look like a doll? :) He's pretty. Heh xD

Finally, I had no gosh darn clue what a mid-season finale is supposed to be until South Park had one and vanished into thin air o_o The last episode was the best from the entire season. Hah. Butters and Cartman are so gay in that one xD It's cute and funny at the same time :P I just can't wait for the other half of the season to start. I need some authority to respect ♥.

I am currently watching the first season of Heroes. I know, I know.. pretty late in the day aren't we? I just happened to miss this show for some odd reason and I am only two episodes down and seems pretty much amazing. I am probably going to search frantically for seasons of Grey Anatomy and Prison Break once I am done with Heroes. I hear they are good and I am bored, so why not? That's all for now :P Word out «3

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There's lack of orginality here..

"Imitation is the best form of flattery", they say.

I couldn't disagree more. Imitation is the highest form of disrespect to any work of art. I don't care how much you like something that was created by someone else, that you're all of a sudden inspired and do things exactly the same way. It just makes it look like you disrespect someone's hard work to the extent, that you won't even let it be the only one to bask in it's rightful glory. The whole "flattery" thing is just a cover up. You know what imitators really want to do? They want to profit from someone else's hard work, someone else's person. They want to "feel" like they came up with something when they really didn't. If someone really did respect something, why would they try and be a cheap copy and ruin it, you know? They replicate only because they're capable of nothing else.

This isn't even about me. I am not ranting because any of my ideas got stolen or something. It's just about principles and such. I can't understand how anyone else can stand being like another person. It's annoying. I would die if I had an identical twin or even a twin for that matter D: People go about looking for their "soul" mate who would be just like them. I still don't get it -.- Why would you want to spend the rest of your life with another "you"? Fuck, doesn't it get boring? Or annoying in the least? No, it isn't flattering when someone wants to be just like you. It's stupid. I mean this especially for how people behave around celebrities and what not.

I know, I am completely drifting now. But I just don't agree with two things or people or works of art being identical or similar as a thing of celebration or joy D: +rantsrantsrants+ OK. I think I am done now :P Urgh. It's not that hard to be yourself, you know?. Word out :[

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Merit List Numba Two

I think now it's safe to say that my predictions were correct. The second merit for FYBMM came out last evening. I was on the top of the Sophia's list. St. Xavier is still pretty much adamant, the cut off being 90% Seriously, it'd get on my nerves if I didn't know how the percentage is about to drop by the time it reaches the 4th list. Until then, I am content with the college id card that KC has forced upon me.

This post is different from my previous indecisive post. St. Xavier's is my top priority because it's the college that I dropped a year for. I am not going to be stupid enough to let even the slightest hint of hope go unnoticed. Heh. I am not totally relying on it though, I am OK with KC. St. Xavier's would be like icing on the cake :) +yummy+

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OMG Pownce.

Call me a computer geek or internet addict, I don't care. +cough+ I secretly take those as compliments +cough+ Now, here's more blabber about a website I found out about today! And seriously, I am not just writing it for the sake of it. This is for real, it deserves to be published. Now killing all the curiosity (meow..purr) there's this website called Pownce that I stumbled upon today. It's a free social networking and micro-blogging website set up this year :)

Micro-blogging is a form of blogging that allows users to write brief text updates (usually less than 200 characters) and publish them, either to be viewed by anyone or by a restricted group which can be chosen by the user. These messages can be submitted by a variety of means, including text messaging, instant messaging, email, MP3 or the web.

Pownce integrates micro-blogging with file-sharing and event invitations. The popular social networking websites Facebook and MySpace also have a micro-blogging feature, called "status update". The difference being that you can upload songs, videos and files to your profile and your friends or the general public can download them :) Isn't that amazing? I finally have a way of sharing my music with my friends and such :* It's so much better than spending time attaching files to emails and sending it to a huge list of people. Now all you need to do is, upload it for everyone to download from one page ♥. This is going to help so much when it comes to group projects, etc.

I told you this post was worth it :P Now get off your butt and join Pownce. And hey, don't forget to add me xD. [click the button below] Toodles :)

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To be, or not to be..

The first merit list for FYBMM (First Year Bachelor of Mass Media) came out this Monday, June 16th. I made it into four out of seven colleges that I applied to. Sophia's and St. Xavier's are the ones I missed. I missed by 0.1% in Sophia's (believe it or not!) and St. Xavier's with it's epic list ending at 91% (wtf?).

The second merit list comes out tomorrow. I am a 110% sure that I will make it into Sophia's (not that I am going to get admission there, but whatever). I don't hope to make into Xavier's till like the third (most likely, fourth) list. Although, it seems that I do have a chance of making it.

Now, here's the question that's been giving me headache for the last three days - I got into KC, took admission today and all that. Now, half the people I know are asking me to take St. Xavier's over KC and the other half say that KC is a better college. I don't know what I should fucking do at this point x_x;

Apparently, St. Xavier's has a better crowd and the "name" for being one of the best Arts College in the country. On the other hand, KC with it's decent crowd is known for the nerdy but serious kind of studies. Heh, quite a pickle isn't it? :P I have been blathering to anyone who'd listen (for all of last year), that I want to go to Xavier's so I don't even know why I am confused right now. Although, if I don't make it into Xavier's then there isn't any question. But what if I do? Argh!

You're probably thinking, KC and Xavier's are both good colleges. Why the fuck make such a big fuss, toss a coin and pick one :P Hah. I wish it was that easy. All of last year, I couldn't shake the thought of choosing the wrong course/college out of my head.. to the point that I just didn't feel like going to college. I don't want that to happen again. You know what I mean? There's this perfect picture of college, painted in my mind and I would do anything to find a college that comes the closest to it.

At least I have my thoughts in order now. All pros and cons listed for me to go through whenever I need :P This is why I love blogging/writing what's going through my head. Hehe. After all this blather, I have a feeling I'd choose St. Xavier's over KC. It just doesn't make sense in my head to choose another college over the one I have been dreaming of getting into (if, IF I do that is). Anything for that tingly, nostalgic feeling of my convent schooling xD

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Synesthesia

I was playing on Neopets yesterday and I stumbled upon an interesting board on the forums. This one kid was talking about finding out that he has Synaesthesia. I thought it was some sort of disease, but because I had no clue what he was talking about.. I went on to read the board. I was completely stumped when I went on reading, to realize I have it too. No, I am not going to die +cough+ Steph +cough+. xD

Synaesthesia is a neurologically-based phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. In the layman's words ~ letters or numbers are perceived as inherently coloured, while in ordinal linguistic personification, numbers, days of the week and months of the year evoke personalities. In spatial-sequence, or number form synaesthesia, numbers, months of the year, and/or days of the week elicit precise locations in space (for example, 1980 may be "farther away" than 1990), or may have a (three-dimensional) view of a year as a map (clockwise or counter-clockwise).

It's all right if you still don't get what it means because most people won't unless they have experienced. I used to think everyone was this way. Like, the guy I spoke about earlier.. whenever he would read a name or hear a name, he'd link it to particular colour. You know what I mean? That's not the kind that I have though. I have this weird thing where numbers, dates and months have personalities of their own. The funny thing is, it's been like this in my head forever. Probably ever since I learned numbers and alphabets?

This is how I explained it to the others on the board = Whenever I think of a number (mostly while adding or calculating), I picture numbers as personalities. #5 is a young boy, a boyish charm. He likes #6 who is a high school girl. #4 is middle aged man (possibly #5's father?). #8 is a bitchy old lady and she's fat. #10 is an old man that's very attractive for his age. #9 is a beautiful and elegant old woman. #2 is undefined. Most likely the common man. #3 is a woman from the working class. #1 is undefined too.

^ That's exactly what I think of whenever I think of the respective numbers or whenever I see them. Dates and especially months have a special form of imagery in my head. Certain dates have colours (which are related to a past event/memory). Like, if I am thinking of.. let's say 16th July 2006. I'd think of water, the colour red, friend, smilies, laughter. If I think of 29th December 2007, I'd think of think of all sorts of things that are emo. A whole lot of black everywhere.. clothes, eye liners, slanted hair cuts, emo songs. You know what I mean? It's got to do with how I was feeling on that given day or period.

Synaesthetics often report that they were unaware their experiences were unusual until they realized other people did not have them, while others report feeling as if they had been keeping a secret their entire lives. The automatic and ineffable nature of a synaesthetic experience means that the pairing may not seem out of the ordinary. This involuntary and consistent nature helps define synaesthesia as a real experience.

I couldn't have put it in a better way. I seriously had no idea that everyone else doesn't think this way. Isn't it absolutely crazy and amazing at the same time? It's true what they say about learning something new everyday ;) I am not crazy :P If you don't believe me, just google the damn thing. The quotes are from Wikipedia.

If you think you might have it too. Let's discuss it in this group on Facebook. I joined in only minutes back. If you're too lazy to read it's description, here it is -

What is Synaesthesia?
It is is a neurological condition in which two or more bodily senses are coupled.
If you've ever associated colours with numbers or letters, or think months of the year are on a spacial plane, where one is closer than the other... and are living in secret about these mutant powers, then it's time you join this group and know, you're not a freak, it's totally normal (for geniuses), and happens to some very creative people!

I'd like to add a list postscript here, a lot of people ask me what I think of their birthday or their name and get upset if it doesn't match their idea of themselves o_o FYI, I never said this was astrology or rubbish like that. It's just what my creative mind thinks/likes to think. It will most likely have nothing to do with you and everything to do with MY perceptions.

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Phew

I am finally done with buying and submitting forms for the seven colleges I wanted to apply to. Urgh. I wouldn't EVER do it again xD Even if they paid me a million dollars. So anyway, the first list comes out on the 16th (Monday) but I doubt I am going to be anywhere on the first list of St. Xavier's. I mean, I would be lucky if I make it to the fourth list; but as long as I make it, I guess :P

I went to submit my form in Sophia today and (oh-em-gee) you have no idea how beautiful the building is. I seriously love British architecture. It's why I fell in love with St. Xavier's in the first place. It reminds me of my convent-catholic schooling (yeah!) and I love that part of my life. It was so easy being happy as a kid :P So yeah, I adore the college and unlike most others.. I don't really care if it's an all girls college. In fact, it'd be a blessing in disguise. I have had enough of boy drama to last me seven lifetimes.

Jai Hind is yet to give me my original certificates and all that. I am so bloody exhausted after traveling like crazy in the last week. Thankfully, my Dad agreed to go and collect it for me tomorrow. Yeah, that's really nice of him considering he'd have to skip a bit of office work to do that xD Hehe.

It all boils to a mixed feeling on relief, excitement and anxiety. What an amazing concoction, right? x_x; But I think the worst is over now. I can't wait to start over. Word out dahling.

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Acid Rain

Admission forms came out. I managed to buy four of them on the 7th. It was raining like there's no tomorrow and my brother and I were drenched to under our skin. Seriously. I hate the rains. I haven't hated them more. To think this is only the beginning? D: Urh.

I have managed to get forms from St. Xaviers, Jai Hind, KC and St. Wilson. I am yet to finish filling them up. I leave early tomorrow to submit them. It'll probably rain again. Fun fun fun. Standing in the queue, getting drenched and soiling my neatly written forms. Oh joy! :D

I am applying in a total of seven colleges. I have no idea if I would get into any of those. I have no back-up whatsoever. You'd think that an 86 per cent aggregate would be enough to find me a seat in one of the better colleges? Let's not get carried away here. St. Xaviers being my first choice, I have prepared myself to deal with not getting in. In fact, at this very point.. I don't care about what college I get into. I can't be bothered fretting over something, that will have no impact over me fretting over it. Get it? I wish I could fast forward this part of my life and get to the good part. College. Actually being there and learning about things/subjects I love. Where do I place an order for that remote control?

Psht. I haven't exactly been feeling very good. I haven't been to the gym for over a week. I think I kinda quit? I have absolutely no idea, why. Seriously. I don't know. It's the rain. The rain is so annoying. Urh. OK. I guess I am done ranting/rambling/blabbering/blathering now. I should get going and take a frigging shower already :k PMSing is so not fun -.- Word out?

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Thanks for the memories..

The rains are here, irrespective of how hard I try to ignore the fact. Monsoon used to be my favourite time of the year but that changed last year. Now all it gives to me is a nostalgic feeling of last year && hell knows how much I detest 2007 and everything about it. Although, I suppose it's high time that I let it go? Maybe next time instead of brooding, I would seriously remember this 2008 as some amazing fun ;] A girl can dream, can't she? :P

HSC results come out in exactly three days and a half? Yeah, it's really tense right now. I am probably more worried about the results than the kids who wrote the exams :P I hope it all works out though. I really do. I have been giving National College a lot of thought, mostly because it's a lot closer to home && I know a few people in there. If I don't get into Xavier's or KC that is. And there's a good amount of chance that I won't. I am not being negative or a pessimist, like my Mom would put it. I am just being pragmatic. I am better of knowing what's out there instead of assuming that I can get into any college I want. This year is different, the HSCites are prepared for the merit list.. or so it seems.

I am not having the best time right now but I always knew that June would be a disappointment. Pfft. So yeah, I can't wait to get to July. I wish I could skip my birthday for some odd reason. Don't you just hate how the present reminds you of the ugly past? I wish it was as easy to delete human memory as it is to delete computer files xD Eh, I guess not? I am still trying to deal with that :P

Now moving past that (since I really don't like talking about it, if my previous blog entries are anything to go by), a new layout is here ^^ I know, I changed the last one in like less than a week back? But that's just me :P I am still trying to figure out the whole radio blog thing until then we'll have to do with the one and only +points to music at the top of the page+ Looks like the monkey is really enjoying the music :o Maybe you should listen to it too xD

So yeah, that's just about it for now. I am running out of things to say (seriously..) and I must finish my Tea (yes, T-E-A my mom is making me quit Coffee D:) .. Fun :/ Well, whatever. Late I guess :P Toodles «3

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Browser Updates

Hey losers :P So here's some news.. Firefox has come out with a new version #3 (yay!) It's really pretty and well-organised although it might take a while for it have all add-ons compatible with it. For now, I am just rolling with Flock but I do occasionally switch to Firefox. Oh, and you can download it [here].

Also, I found (pretty late actually) about this amazing Firefox add-on called Foxy Tunes. OMG. It's amazing. Here's some info. on it straight from the website ~

Do you listen to Music while surfing the Web?
FoxyTunes lets you control almost any media player and find lyrics, covers, videos, bios and much more with a click right from your browser.

Sounds good, right? I am having fun using it ;D It works on Flock too :P You can get hold of Foxy Tunes, [here]. Have fun with that :)

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