The object of my affection

On those long lonely nights,
she'll come to me and cry;
When the sun is up,
I see her soaring in the sky.

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Let's face it! At times ever-green things just screw up and for no fault of yours.

Sunday, the universal holiday was declared an instructional day by the esteemed Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Professors and students alike, including me, saw it fit to follow the order if only with certain sense of disdain.

Sub: Instructional day on 20.01.2008 (Sunday) - Reg.

*****

Consequent on the visit of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on HRD to IIT Madras, Sunday, the 20th January 2008 will be an instructional day for all the students and scholars.

Students may please note that Monday's time-table will be followed on 20.01.2008.

/By order/

That mail ruined the weekend. 8 am class on a Sunday! Some of the students were fortunate in that, they didn't have as many classes to attend as per the time-table. I had full 8 hours of classes.

My friend's status message - All I ever wanted in life! Two Mondays :(

Thrilled by The Godfather, the first part, I watched the trilogy last night. A Saturday night wisely spent. Staying up all night and attending 8 am class is one thing in itself and I could stay through all of the classes. Cheers to me!

One of my friends 'predicted' that I would be cranky all day and I'm glad for proving her wrong. :D
If anything, I was ever more cheerful. Inviting a question which has been repeated many times before as to how come I am happy for no reason. :)

"Control Systems", the first class was brilliant. The prof is good and the course is interesting. So, the 50 minutes breezed through. The next one was in a huge classroom and I conveniently found it reasonable to message friends, read a novel, and crash. Then, the tedious math class. The prof's sense of humor saved the day for us. After working monotonously and painfully on a problem, the prof without any emotion, explains that we have just derived a solution for a string of infinite length and it has no practical application whatsoever, because you can't find a string of infinite length! Man! I wanted to shout - "Then, why the hell did we do that for the last 40 min!" And apparently, the proof can't accommodate a finite length string. So, all work and no productivity. The next class, just passed through with the prof paying his whole admiration to stress-strain.

I got a set of pics from the Product Design lab.

Yes...

I cant believe the news today
Oh, I cant close my eyes and make it go away
How long...
How long must we sing this song?
How long? how long...

cause tonight...we can be as one
Tonight...

Broken bottles under childrens feet
Bodies strewn across the dead end street
But I wont heed the battle call
It puts my back up
Puts my back up against the wall

Sunday, bloody sunday
Sunday, bloody sunday
Sunday, bloody sunday (sunday bloody sunday...)
(allright lets go!)

And the battles just begun
Theres many lost, but tell me who has won
The trench is dug within our hearts
And mothers, children, brothers, sisters torn apart

Sunday, bloody sunday
Sunday, bloody sunday

How long...
How long must we sing this song?
How long? how long...

cause tonight...we can be as one
Tonight...
Tonight...

Sunday, bloody sunday (tonight)
Tonight
Sunday, bloody sunday (tonight)
(come get some!)

Wipe the tears from your eyes
Wipe your tears away
Wipe your tears away
I wipe your tears away
(sunday, bloody sunday)
I wipe your blood shot eyes
(sunday, bloody sunday)

Sunday, bloody sunday (sunday, bloody sunday)
Sunday, bloody sunday (sunday, bloody sunday)
(here I come!)

And its true we are immune
When fact is fiction and tv reality
And today the millions cry
We eat and drink while tomorrow they die

The real battle yet begun (sunday, bloody sunday)
To claim the victory jesus won (sunday, bloody sunday)
On...

Sunday bloody sunday
Sunday bloody sunday...
(U2)

Peaceful days

Hold up
Hold on
Don't be scared
You'll never change what's been and gone

May your smile (may your smile)
Shine on (shine on)
Don't be scared (don't be scared)
Your destiny may keep you warm

Cos all of the stars
Are fading away
Just try not to worry
You'll see them some day
Take what you need
And be on your way
And stop crying your heart out

Get up (get up)
Come on (come on)
Why're you scared? (I'm not scared)
You'll never change
What's been and gone

Cos all of the stars
Are fading away
Just try not to worry
You'll see them some day
Take what you need
And be on your way
And stop crying your heart out

Cos all of the stars
Are fading away
Just try not to worry
You'll see them some day
Take what you need
And be on your way
And stop crying your heart out

We're all of us stars
We're fading away
Just try not to worry
You'll see us some day
Just take what you need
And be on your way
And stop crying your heart out
Stop crying your heart out
Stop crying your heart out

(Oasis)