Happy Birthday to me...

17 April 2008, Thursday

Well...this is my fave post till now...coz it's my birthday post!!
I had to give my friends a treat, so I thought of something innovative.
Firstly, on 16th of April, I took pastries for the senior guys and gals in the Ed Board who're my buddies (Sujata, JS, Khattar, Neelav, Mridu, and more), and they gave me a royal bashing as is the custom here in Manipal (my ass hurt like hell after that!!).
The next day, i.e. my birthday, I had made plans to take my 1st yr friends for a treat, but something different

I had a beach party!!


The sunset, the sands, the beach, the sea, the rain which happened before that, the fun we had that day at Malpe beach! It was simply amazing. 7 of us-Me, Dev, Mayank, Tanvi, Bhumika, Sameer, Akhilesh went to the beach around sunset and two of my other friends Zeeshan and Faraz joined me after a while (after sunset). It was serious fun with all 7 of us plunging in the sea water and splashing around like crazy and doing wierd st on the beach, running around and playing. It was about an hour later and the sun had already set half an hour before when the other two joined u went towards the benches and then these guys decorated the cake and I cut it. By then the Domino's guy had got our pizzas and Coke, so it was fun, sittin on the sand, having pizza, coke and cake...my perfect birthday!!

Utsav 2008!

5-10 April 2008, Sat-Thu



Well Manipal Univ held its annual intra-univ cul-fest in the beginning of April (just before our sessionals, no wonder so many of us got doomed in them!). The event was full of dance, theatre, music competitions, quizzing, art, what not...but was real fun especially coz we got half days during the fest, which went for about a week.
Fun days included Ethnic night (yes that happened in Revels also, but yeah this is when u really get to see everyone from around Manipal dressed in their finest!), then again the day of the street play where I went with my newly formed theatre group called "Jaago". Was difficult, I mean we were given 24 hrs to prepare a totally new street play on the given topic and hence practiced all night long till the wee hours of the morning! But finally hard work pays off...came 3rd in the same!!
Plus again the same day was the solo dance competiton where my friend Dev performed, amazing dancer that guy, got some good pics of that day of Dev, Me, Mayank and Tanvi....the four bestest buddies!

Holi!

22 March 2008, Saturday

Holi in Manipal, especially in MIT, is like nowhere else. Considering the fact that there are no water taps anywhere outside on the roads...people played with all the water they could manage from buckets, plus it was raining a bit. Holi is wild here, with none of the guys spared from a "t-shirt ripping contest" as everyone vies to rip apart their t-shirts in the funniest manner imaginable (girls were spared the misfortune..we all know why!). People played with proper permanent colors and eggs and what not (girls were seen doing such stuff more than the guys!). In all, a very enjoyable holi. My shirt got ripped three times and the only pic in this post is the one which i clicked after coming back (yes, it was a shirt and is now a toga. It was the max I could do to cover myself up with the rags). In all, a fabulous, rocking holi! Holi in college and especially in hostels is something no one would like to miss!

P.S: The color didnt leave me for a week. Had to scrub myself twice daily. Plus I take no responsibility for anyone getting a heart attack on seeing my pic! ;-)

Revels'08!

March 12-15, 2008, Wed-Sun

Well I'll say...my first Revels (our college's cul-fest) here was wierd but amazing. The worst part being that i completely lost my voice 2 days before the events and the doctor told me not to open my mouth ever for a week...still I sung in the duet...and shouted at the top of my voice in the Street Play (came 1st!!!). But a pretty enjoyable experience...every day something or the other goin on and on...then the wierd dress codes which were sometimes followed like on ethnic night...and sometimes not (the "Dare-to-bare" day ;-) )
Got very few pics of the same..just ethnic night and a bit more...no pics of my performances though...