DAY 1: 26th may, 2009: my morning started at 3 am... when i replied to messages from some unknown numbers... somehow managed to get out of my bed and move into the bathroom... the water is cold... mom said don't take a bath at this hour... i can't go out of home without taking a bath...
the reason i was up at this unholy hour is my flight to bangalore at 6:30 am IST. somehow after getting dressed by 4, mom dad and i move out.. it's dark and not at all chilly despite the rain... after all it's delhi in may... the temperature never goes below 35degrees...
i was supposed to meet my school mate and a couple of her friends at the airport... we're going together... without parents... yippee!!! she said she'll be there by 4.30 max... i was standing there... it's 4:35 and no sign of miss X or her friends Y and Z...
10 mins later miss X with miss Y finally turn up and we go in... miss Z turns up shortly...
we check in... and there is an hour to idle away... so Z and i but coffee... subhe subhe 100 rupiye thukh gaye....
the flight is quite uneventful except the few bumpy ups and downs...
we land in bengaluru... it's 22 degrees outside... yippee!!!
we move to our guest house after a long journey... the room is ok... we'll manage... we go out and i meet the love of my lofe... he was right across the road.. wow... i love him :)
spend the day with him... eat lunch at 5 and hence skip dinner... sleep... tomorrow is a big day...
ps: i slept at 10 while X,Y,Z stayed up till 1am to study...
DAY2 : 27TH may, 2009: today is our first round of interview at ncbs.... my friends checked out yesterday how to reach there and all... we literally have to drag X out of the room so that we catch the shuttle and do not have to waste a ton of money on taxi... we manage to reach on time... I am no.3 on the interview list... 3 is a lucky no. for me...
i step into the interview room.. i can't believe that the only faculty guy i find ot is actually in my panel... damn... i wouldn't be able to answer... i told them that i knew no biology... thankfully they didn't ask me any biology.... 20 mins later i am downstairs chatting away with strangers... nice day... goos free food... nice ac rooms... who cares about the interview...
return to the guest house in the evening... go for dinner in the rain and walk back while it was still raining... sleep off... while the others still study...
DAY3: 28TH MAY 2009: results from the first day are out... we call and find out... i Y nad Z have cleared... X had not... i am happy... but secretly i hoped... if it had to be one of us who didn't clear it... it should've been me... i am the least deserving with no bio background and honestly i wasn't expecting anything...
we manage to dress somehow and reach there behind schedule but thankfully all our interviews were late in the panel and our turn hadn't come as yet... walk into my interview room again... caan you believe this? the hot guy is there again... this time... they asked me a lot of chemistry in the beginning and i was good... then they got to bio... and i didn't know anything....
maybe they will take me... they would appreciate variety and i need to be in bangalore... to be with my boyfriend...
we get some TA/DA money and eat and go back in the evening... make plans with my bf for the next day... eat...sleep
DAY 4: 29th may, 2009: wake up... go and drop my stuff at di's place in iisc and move to my bfs place... the goodbyes in the morning were nice...i'll c them in delhi again..:)
spend time with him... hope throughout the day that i get this one... i think i will get it....
evening 4pm: results out... i didn't make it... not even to the waiting list....
i cry and cry like the world has come to an end... everyone tells me that it's a big achievement that i beat so many bio people to get to the top 42 in the first place... i can't tell anybody that the only reson that i wanted this was because i wanted to be in the same city as him...
cry more and then get back to iisc... di will worry if i don't get back before dark...
DAY5,6: 30th, 31st may,2009: see bangalore with di... the usual mg road, brigade road... tell di to find a bf otherwise she'll never get to go the musical fountain...lol.... study little bit... meet loads of new people... ost of who tell me that it's easy and those who tell me not to do an int.phd. because you might be stuck in a lab u hate, there is a pathetic o.c. faculty... and that phd under a bad guide might take years longer than normal.... confused actually... but no... i need to be here for him... after all i was the one who said that we'll break up if i don't get through either of these....
DAY 7: 1st june, 2009: today was the first round of interviews... i went around the second session to see what's happening... i meet R there... i sat with him on the exam day also and then found him on fb... apparently he's very intelligent... he'll definitely get thru... but he won't take it... go to nesara with him... drink coffee... suddenly make plans to go for death by chocolate... it's a very famous dessert here... we take 1... coz we've heard it's not easy to finish 1... it's not a big deal... hot chocolate fudge is way better...
come back... go to the mess for the first time.... it's quite good actually... tomorrow is another big day...
DAY8: 2nd june, 2009: afternoon session is my interview... i got here all dressed in formals... my god... i am competing with bio people here... if i don't get this 1 (this was for chemistry)... i shud drown in a pitcher of water...
step into the interview room... i felt like they were ragging me... asking me questions even they wouldn't know if they didn't have the book opened in front of them....
didn't clear the first round... thankfully no1 from my batch did either... i was super depressed... went to f bar to party with my bf...
had a vodka... watched him dance with a million chicks... i don't care... i can't dance... why shouldn't he....
go back home sleep
DAY9, 10: 3rd, 4th june, 2009: spend time with him... cry a lot... go for angels and demons... lovely movie... take a flight back home to delhi on day 10... cry again... god knows when i will see him next.... but there was 1 nice thing... he told me that he loves me and he'll never let me go... whether m in delhi, bangalore or anywhere else.... aww...
DAY11- present day: i am finally at peace... i'm gonna be with my parents for another 2 years...big deal... won't have to do a lot of work myself... like washing clothes and stuff... and my baby and i are still together and happier than ever (touch-wood).... i haven't studied in over a weeks time... didn't comb my hair for 5 days in a row (i did take a bath everyday though so... don't think i am disgusting).... i am finally stress free... i am at peace for the first time ever...
ps:
1) R did make it through finally... he has a treat due... wonder when i will get it...
2) i am going to DU again... i think at least... maybe jnu results will change that... but i am not hoping much
3) i cleared another entrance and didn't clear its interview lol... wasn't even expecting it... it was again for bio...
4) sorry for the error in tense in so many places...
