R-29 L-28 S-24 W-30 T-111

Well.... all those who r still scratching their heads to decipher the title.... plz refrain from doing so coz u'll never know that it's the key-code of my Swiss Bank Account. So plz don't waste your time.
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I have just been back from home after attending "Chhath" , most popular festival of Bihar n Jharkhand. It is a festival of Well-being, devotion, wishes, n all. It is the only festival where Sun god is worshipped. Mothers do "Chhath" for the well-being of their children. It is also a festival of contribution. Everyone is free to contribute in whichever way (s)he may desire. There are rules associated with it, but they are quite flexible. The only thing it demands is 'pure intentions'.... everything else is adaptive. Let me take you through the "Chhath" at my home......

Mom making the Chulha(stove) for making the prasad


Women at Work.... prasad in progress


All set to go to the Ghaat for the sunset


Offering Arghya to The Setting Sun


Setting up the Kosi for the night


Waiting for the Sunrise with the Kosi re-set at the Ghaat


Offering Arghya to The Rising Sun


Chhath over.... returning from the Ghaat


And this is the e-prasad for all of you

Am I acting like a Brand Ambassador of Chhath ?? No... its just that I don't know when next would I be able to attend this greatest festival of us Biharis .
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BTW .... the title of this post ... when expanded.... becomes.......
Reading-29 Listening-28 Speaking-24 Writing-30 Total-111
That's my TOEFL ibt Score :)
Keep smiling......

W for Weird.....

This in honour of the lovely(read: weird) tag that one fine moment Cardamom decided to gift me. :)
So, I have to write 6 weird things about myself.
Weird !!! and ME !!!!!!!!! and that too SIX !!!!!!! Cardamom has gone mad..... hence proved :))
But TAG diya hai to nibhaana to padega naaa..... so I m putting here the search results.

1. I get very (raised to the power N) irritated when my PC gets ill. The weird part is the value of N.
2. I can eat N (not the same as the earlier one) number of eggs in a day. The weird part is ... again.....the value of N.[:D]
3. I love the smell of petrol, kerosene, paints and the likes.
4. Sometimes (okkaaayy.... many a times ) I don't look into the eyes of the person who is talking to me.
5. I sing alongwith the songs I listen to.... trying to get my vocals in resonance with theirs. BTW I have a verrrryyyyyy bad voice...but still. :)
6. This is the weirdest..... Sometimes I contradict myself..... both in principles and in act. Okay...lemme give an example ...... I hav very strong likes and dislikes but I can adapt very well. There are other examples also..... not popping up in my mind right now.
   

Whofff !!!! ho gaya yaar...... I am Un-tagged now :)
I can't tag ne1 now coz the ones whom I can tag are either too old(in terms of blog-age) to have escaped this tag till now OR Cardamom has already tagged them.
Lage raho.......
c ya

To Visakhapatnam….. and back.

·The journey in the hot n a bit humid climate without any type of conditioning whatsoever…… Okay.

· Showering a girl, who happened to be in our compartment and seemed to be a school-going one, with all sorts of Gyaan ranging from ‘American political system’ to ‘our favorite train journeys’ to ‘practicality vs imagination’ to ‘where we would like to see ourselves 10 years down the line’ etc. etc. etc. as we were preparing for the “speaking” section of TOEFL ibt ……. Priceless.

· Continuous bantering of yours truly by D and company ……. LOVELY :)

· Riding Kinetic and totaling 400 kms in 4 days on the very beautiful National Highway 5 amongst the Eastern Ghats with Bay of Bengal running parallel….. AWESOME!!!

· Having a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 7 non-veg delicacies in our meals….. HEAVENLY!!!

· Exploring caves and valleys ….. HOO-HAA ( in our Kgp lingo)

· Losing my way while going to the test center….. he he he he

· Telling each other answers( the questions were same!!!) when there was a power cut during the test (yes… they had no UPS!!!)….. Yo KGP !!! (we were all KGPians there :D )

· The test center……. Absolute S***

* The test ……………………………

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………………………..SYSTEM CRASHED !!!!

(The results will come after few days. As for me…. I had messed up the Speaking section….. and the writing section too…. ummm…. I think the listening also…… Aaahhh leave it.)

Take two......

"Time is the healer...
Time moves on.....
Time don't wait for anyone..."
Nothing has stopped..... y should it.... there's no reason. We are moving ahead. Everyday is a new day. The bomb is still ticking... (methinks it didn't stop at the first place) .....THE DAY is approaching. Am I ready?..... well.....don't ask.
TOEFL ibt.
6 October.....2:30 pm........Vishakhapatnam.
.........tik tik tik tik...............
BTW ... this time I won't jump into the Bay of Bengal..... I'll definitely be back by 10th.
Take care
c ya