Summer of 2008

Ok....this time, it has been really long since i last wrote. You can expect these delays now that my semester has begun.....too much finance....all around.

This one's just a flashback on how i spent this summer. Don't get bored....the best part is in the end.

May 6, 2008 - Spring semester ends. Internship to start from May 12. Nothing much to do....relaxing.

May 12, 2008 - Internship begins. Everyday to Roanoke, a little boring journey though, but i developed the habit of sleeping over time....so i had another extra hour of sleep everyday. There wasn't a single day when i did not sprint to catch the bus....coz i never used to get up in time...never ever :)
ok...until mid Aug, this went on like this until my internship ended. Nothing much interesting to talk about....except for the amazing eating places that i explored during lunch everyday....good ones....bad ones...terrible ones and then....the heavens. So if anyone of you visits Roanoke, call me up to know where to find what.

Aug 4, 2008 - My boring summer takes a turn on this date. International Student Orientation begins. New students start coming in and we organized 5000 different events for them....man...that was an experience....games, movies, food, trips....too much fun for three weeks. My favorite part....picking up students from the airport....why??? When i used to reach the airport, i used to see these new students sitting together with tonnes of luggage, waiting for someone to come and take them to a place where they can just go and crash.....Totally jetlagged, tired...i can bet these guys would've never looked more innocent than this in their entire lives. And then when they see me (or anyone who's come to pick them up), a ray of hope strikes through their faces and they become as bright as the sun coming out of the darkest clouds in the sky....feels so good to see them excited.

Aug 6, 2008 - All good things come to you at the same time. Sid comes back to US and my drinking desires, that died with the empty streets of downtown blacksburg during the entire summer, re-emerge from the ashes. One of my best buddies, and of course, a big piyakkad...just like me. Since the day he arrived, we have been drinking pretty much every night till now....he was vella but i had my internship and orientation time constraints....still...the drinking hokies prevail. Doesnt matter if i come back at 12 or 1 in the night, we still used to drink. In all these parties, the guests kept on changing but the two of us are always there. We cook, we drink, and then those who don't drink, they eat what we cooked....Around 3.00am in the mornings, all the atif aslams in us come out. Starting from wo lamhe....going upto bakhuda....all songs in a row... in the most authentic versions, straight from the drunk hearts. :)

Now that the fall semester has begun and as we fall to our professor's mercy, i'm pretty sure that these fun nights are not gonna last long....but the weekends would still be rockking....First friday today.....SHARKEYS!!!....our favorite pub, i'm so excited.

All right guys, this is it for this summer. I'll come back again as soon as i find time.

Keep writing,
Tarun