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Lessons through a weekend

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After years of wondering, I finally realised that I'm not weird, after all.... many people do sneeze when they go out into the sun or at bright light. And guess what it's called? ADCHOO! How I got to know this is silly, too. Long, long ago, I had written something about sneezing, and some random blog had a link to it that I saw in my statcounter recently. I visited that site to see that many people suffered from ADCHOO. Oh by the way, ADCHOO stands for Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic ...

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How today was different

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Accounting class for two days a week at 8 30 A.M.Before:Yours truly wakes up at 7.50 and rushes about. Manages to get ready by 8.10, and sees through her window that the shuttle bus has gone. Another one will take at least 20 minutes to come, and so waiting in the room is the best option.Alas! Another one comes along in just ten minutes…and there, she is late. By the time she reaches class, she is around 25 minutes late and doesn’t have a place to sit.Today:Gets up at 7 30 at the first ring of ...

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I wish….

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The endless sky, the innumerable stars, the moon, and the clouds remain…that life could go on forever, that time comes to a standstill, that the only movement in time is for the moon to set and the sun to rise…that everything is calm, with no worries….Is that asking for too much? ...

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One adventure called life

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Whoa, what a week it has been! Classes have begun, they’re terrible, and I’ve gone out with such a frequency I’m surprised. And found a little funny job for myself too.This prof is crazy. I mean, really crazy. Crazier than the ones who’ve taught me before, that he keeps laughing in class while others yawn and doze off so obviously, that he must either be blind, or so strong at heart that he continues to teach when every student is nodding off in sleep.‘4 principles in accounting’ (or something ...

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The Princess

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I have never considered myself an attractive girl; I am no head-turner….but yes, things changed when I met him.It was no love at first sight – in fact, it wasn’t even love! He was not drop-dead gorgeous or anything, but everything about him makes me wonder how God actually made for me the perfect person…and snatched him right away. I had met him at my University Cultural – he was one of the two in the quiz show, the show whose committee I was heading. I am a great quizzer, but this guy just stunned ...

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To my first love

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To the most lovable woman I’ve ever met in life.To the cuddly yet disciplining one.To the one whom everyone loves.To the best teacher in the world.To the most patient and caring lady I’ve ever seen.To the confident, inspiring woman.To the one who makes the world’s best rasam.To my biggest influence.To my first love.To my dearest amma, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SWEETHEART!! May God give you a happy, healthy and joyous life. Miss you loads!! Promise ya I’ll become everything you wanted to, be the lady you ...

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With an artist’s eye

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Everything was dry, no life stirred. Everything was dried to the yellowness of the oppressive heat. Yellow and brown, no blue, no green. The sky was a tainted yellow with a huge, roaring ball of fire spewing out what seemed like abuses on every little object on the earth. Nothing which could move wanted to, for fear it’ll sweat itself out and crumble away like a dry leaf that was stepped on. Everything seemed lifeless; the sun had sucked life out of every one of them.And then it happened. A drop ...

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And officially...

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......they're over.HURRRAAAAHHHH!!!Life seems to be totally delightful now, and I'm busy thinking of what all I did when I was supposed to be studying. And here's a rough list (now that I've gone back to being jobless, such things are expected!!) : ** Grown so used to my glasses that I went to wash my face with them on. **Watched some Chinese mythological serial for ten minutes (didn’t I say anything other than studies?).**Cleaned my room and arranged my clothes cabinet. **Wanted something to eat ...

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