More ranting...

And as suddenly as it began, my stay in Manipal is up.... I’m leaving tomorrow. And what have I done here for an entire month?? Well... honestly I can’t think of many interesting things I did... I came u here with great plans... Doing GRE wordlist, learning up C and C++, doing apti etc etc... Hell, I even brought books... Now you may ask... “what the fuck did you do for a whole month?”... Honestly, I don’t know.. All the work I did for the project was last minute... I didn’t go drinking almost everyday like I’d planned to....in fact, I didn’t even go once a week.... I went clubbing exactly ONCE.... I didn’t smoke ... potted only TWICE...
The only thing I remember religiously pursuing is Facebook... Speaking of religion, Udupi is supposed to have really beautiful temples... And i haven’t visited a one of them... L Two days ago I got my lazy ass over to a temple which is a pleasant stroll away... And when I got there, there were these guys dressed in red dhotis with bells hanging from their belts... In a Karanatakan version of the Velichappaadu [it’s a mallu thing]... Anyhooo.... They were banging cymbals and shouting etc etc... And I was the only person looking at them warily and hastening to get as far away from them as I could... And i’m pretty sure they’d sacrificed a chicken for the goddess or something shortly before I arrived... euuurgh ... I hate the whole idea of sacrificing to appease the gods... I’m sure they can feed themselves when they’re hungry... hello...I mean... They’re GODS man... If they can make you, i’m sure they can make their own food too... And if you’re so enthu to appease the gods , go jump in some fucking volcano yourself man... Anyhoooo... I tend to digress... :D
Hmmm... thats not a bad thing really now is it??? Anyway... i’m just upset that I’m already leaving this place and I never really walked around the hillside or went and checked out the interior areas... I love seeing new places... In fact, my deam job would include me staying in one place for not more than a couple of years... Maybe eventually , as I grow older , I might wanna settle down... Anyway... Joana isn’t the walking around type and I’m not the type to ask people to do something they don’t wanna do... So I haven’t been exploring on foot like i intended to...And i didn’t go alone because I hate being alone... I get too depressed...I’m actually sort of very affected by things that happen around me....Being with other people keeps me distracted.... But ya... we did go to a lot of places... but not enough.. L I’m hard to please...
In fact, i’ll tell you one of the weird things I did... We’d gone to this museum ... It was Dr T M A Pai’s old house which has now been converted into a museum of his belongings and photographs etc. ... There were two old men in the reception ... Around 85 they were... They used to be friends with Dr Pai and now run the museum at the request of his children... Anyway... The others weren’t very keen on staying there for too long, so we left in a while.... And ever since I got back , I wanted to go back to that museum.. I especially wanted to talk to those two old ppl cuz they seemed very lonely there... So the next day, I walked there, looked around at everything i’d missed the previous day and then chatted with those granddads for quite a while.... And I was so glad I did it... I don’t know why, but I really like talking to old people... They almost radiate wisdom.... It’s a very humbling experience.... I think this is the third old gentleman I’ve had a looong conversation with... Of the other two ,one used to work in the ministry and the film board of India and the other was a scientist who [according to him], the Russians had tried to kill...
Haha.. now I’ve totally digressed and I’m going out to have my last beer during this stay in Manipal..
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