First Day Back :)

So you know this project that I had to write over the holidays? Well I finished it finally and it’s all handed in and signed for and DONE! Oh, that’s a good feeling. I thoroughly enjoyed writing it. Like seriously.

Besides the fact that I learnt about a lot of things that I probably wouldn’t have read up on otherwise, I also learnt that I am a procrastinator of the worst kind! I mean, I always knew this but I really shocked myself this time! :O I don’t know what it is; maybe I work better under pressure? Or I’m just plain lazy? It’s not lack of interest because like I said, I loved my project. I wrote about two Nobel peace laureates – Aung San Suu Kyi and Shirin Ebadi and I have so much respect for both these women and it was so fascinating just reading up into the histories of Burma and Iran. Once I got into the groove, I was pretty much hooked on it and I loved finding out to my utter delight that I can write. I mean who am I to judge whether I write well or not but I liked the fact that it’s something that I really enjoy doing even if it is for something other than my blog! :P

The problem is just the getting into the groove part. I mean it’s like almost... painful. To discipline myself to just shut up (in my head I mean, there’s always chatter in my head) and WRITE! I stayed up really late on most of my last week home (oh yeah, that’s another thing that I learnt… apparently I think best in the wee hours of the morning!) because once I started writing I was too scared to stop cause I’d have to go through the whole process again. It’s so weird. What is wrong with me!? Lol.

Anyway, so that’s that! I hope my teacher enjoys reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!

First day back was really great. You want to know a secret? For all my grumbling about coming back to Bombay, I actually do love my life here in a lot of ways. (Not in every way, but hey, who can say they have a perfect life?) It was so great to see everyone in college! My friends (like I keep saying) are just fabulous and you should just hear some of the conversations that we have in the canteen... Today, we somehow went from a description of the Lit conference that happened last weekend to a heated debate on Kashmir!! It was so bizarre-cool. I mean, how on earth? And it didn’t even really get anywhere except to the realisation (well, at least for me) that I actually know shamefully little about this complex situation and I ought to read up on it...

In fact, I think I might go and do that right now.

Happy Monday all! :)