Tuesday, August 14, 2007

American Summer- Dawn to Dusk

(This post is written in a conversation style narrating jus what I did all this summer)

Not me:
Brother! what is American summer by the way?
Me: Oh man! doesn't you know that, that's actually something I wanted to say about nothing I did this summer! If you are by any chance ignorant, I spent my summer in US of A. That must justify the topic I guess.
Not me: Oh boy! ....so you mean to say you gonna show off!!! LOL
Me: Damn you! this is not show off, this is a true story of an Indian guy facing the intense heat of joblessness and boredom in the land of F#$&#$.
Not me: Oh! Is it! That sounds pretty interesting. So better start over.
Me: Here I go!
One fine day in the month of May, there came an end to the exams, well ! just for that spring! I had a dream then, a dream that laid out a future for me, a dream that lead me to success, a dream that was a dream for ever,LOL, what else it can be when it's induced rather than viewed.

Damn! Every morning I woke up at a time that was an afternoon for every other. The only thing I felt when I got up was that I am hungry like a stray dog, but then a glimpse of my laptop used to stop me, it used to smile at me invitingly. I am just a mortal, so what I do, just open up and browse, Orkut! the first thing that struck my mind and behindwoods! the second, Indiaglitz! the third, Oh no! I gotta check my school e-mail! Again the same, I didn't get that job! Damn that job, that employer! F&%$ them.

All said and done, damn! Things used to crop up slowly, I gotta eat, before that I gotta brush, I gotta shit, I gotta bath! and for all that I gotta get up! I used do all stuff with the quickness of a buffalo and interest of a software engineer! I eat then with a series of thoughts in my mind, about my so called dreams. So here I go analyzing, Why I got that dream? What for? and What I infer? then i realize they are nothing but my wishes. Wishes as dreams, Oh no! I suck! I realize they are induced.

Not me: So what next?

Me: Good question, I must say. Then comes the thought of school, then the research, then the bastard, my prof, then money. Oops! A chill went down my spine! Then comes the question of going to school or to stay at home? I know I won't study at home, even then I wanna change that habit. So decided to stay at home and study. LOL. I take the book, I think about my professor, I get irritated, so what next....yes, you guessed right. I stopped studying and started browsing. I never knew What I used to browse until the evening, but that somehow kept me engaged. Then comes the evening, felt like having tea, yes I do had one. I used to think about playing, I call people, enquire about their availability. so what next? You guessed wrong...I used to play and I play until I get tired. Wow. That's the one and only useful thing I did every day.

I used to come back home, tired. After a short bath I used to eat...watch a movie..chat with friends..so what next? I sleep, what else. The cycle kept on continuing, its high time that I get out of this routine. I was like this for the last two months. Damn me. I suck. Big time.

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Well, things either won't happen or jus happens in a jiffy. Last two months there was no sign of any changes. But then a hell lot of things happened in just a week. I changed advisor, shifted apartment, went to linkin park concert, boozed a lot on saturday, and to end it all went to temple on sunday. So thats it. I am charged up for the new assignment. Let me hope for the best.

3 comments:

Deepak said...

"I used do all stuff with the quickness of a buffalo and interest of a software engineer!".....weightu words machan...good parallel thinking...

Suchi said...

He he!!! As parthi rightly said I felt those lines really charming!!! Reading the post,it is very clear that you did NOTHING worth thru out this summer:)!!! Anyway playing is too gud which you never did in college!!!

Sudhakar Pandurangan said...

Hey Prabal, you write really well!When I read the American Summer story, heehee I also do the same exact things mentioned. Hey you inspire me to blog.

Keep writing and inspiring!!!