I sneezed, and a semester went by

I really am surprised. The invisible wings of time have flown past at such a ridiculous speed. It seems like yesterday that when my brief sojourn to Bangalore ended and the first day of the seventh semester dawned. Just yesterday. But truth is, yesterday was indeed the last day of this semester. to quote a somewhat intelligent man,
"When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour."

This semester wasn't like the last. It was much more mellow. Almost eventless. But it was highly enjoyable for myriad reasons. To quote a few, the endless hours devoted to Morpheus, the hypnotic sweet intoxicating smell of rain which was nearly a daily feature, the initial enthusiasm in the wonderful game of Poker, Quake Quake Quake, the nonchalant attitude of yours truly and most of his associates and confederates towards anything which remotely reminded one of academics, Movies Joey Bleach Movies Anime Movies :P, writing a million meaningless posts in an attempt to satisfy a burgeoning ego as well as the entire enchanting world of blogging, the rather irregular visits to Hi-Look and the inevitable sumptuous bread-omlette that ensued, the forging of new friendships and the rejuvination of past bonds and all the procrastination in every possible path of life. Praise the Lord for granting me skills of being able to antonymize events into those somewhat interesting through subtle prevarication...

Yes, that said, I still have a Mini Project report to be completed. Which is going to be difficult seeing that certain necessary events for writing the report seem to have been conveniently forgotten. Like doing the Mini Project. And I can only hope my Self Study Prof does not suddenly remember I am in his course and through serendipitously passes me. *Gulp*

This being the last post of the semester, better end on a happy note. The undisputed King of Limerix strikes again. Ya Ya, me only. LimericKing. For those fortunate few who havent seen the piece and who are still of an opinion that the literary abilities of our institute are noteworthy, I present my entry. (The question was to fill in a maximum of 5 stanzas between 4 already provided stanzas. Intuitively and mathematically, its obviously going to be quite a long post...)

1)
He wanted an undergraduate degree
And decided to pursue it from IIT
But he heard tales of yore
Filled with hardships galore
Of people struggling to beat the monster JEE.

Coaching classes he started to attend
Alas, with the others he did not blend
In all his tests
He was below the rest
SO his parents found him somewhere else to send.

In the shrine of the Sacred Bronx
Run by 3 elderly Shaolin monks
He studied day and night
with but one goal in sight
To try to correct all his wrongs.

But try as he might, he was failing
And many a time thought about bailing
But then his teacher Sun Tze,
Told him, " There is a way,
Try to go around the world sailing..."

So that he did, for two years
Alone in his boat, casting away all fears
He read all subjects
No longer one of the rejects
He felt so happy that he shed a few tears.

Thus after finishing all his tuition arrears
He sought blessing from Swami GuGu, Lord of seers
With it he became the best
And on the day of the test
Succeeded so well that he said "Cheers!".

2)
After two years of complete sequester
He was thrown headlong into Schrodinger
Even as the electron went round
The waves were quite profound
And group study seemed to be the only answer.

Down the years, from all the late night mugging
Hunger forever had his stomach hugging
He learnt how to cook
And his friends could only look
As he made fabulous omlettes and custard pudding.

So study and study he did
Until one day he blew his lid
He stopped it all
And opened a stall
Which from the authorities he hid.

He named it the Dragon's Lair of food
And soon he came to be known as the Chef Dude
Every IITian came to eat
Breakfast, lunch, dinner or treat
But alas the Dean found out and had him sued.

The Dean had a witness for the case
who was a disgruntled customer with an ugly face
She had ordered a masala tea
But only got an ordinary
And Chef Dude accepted the mistake with grace.

But the tea girl would not desist
From complaining to the Dean, she couldn't resist
And when he was caught
He cried, " I hope you rot,
You tea girl who looks like a witch's cyst."


3)
In facing the dread inquisition
He could not defend his position
So it shouldn't surprise
When he was apprised
Of the dean's decision.

"The Dragon's Lair of food's reign is now over
For it used the insti's sugar, salt and clover
It is wrong and illegal
But he is young and looks regal
So his punishment is he must walk my dog, Rover."

At this, Chef Dude was so stunned
Because he had only used his fund
But he thought it best
Not to protest
Though secretly he wanted the Dean gunned.

Falsely accused and without his stall
Chef Dude plotted to avenge his fall
So daily as he walked Rover
He became the Dean's daughter's lover
And they had made out in the Dean's dining hall.

By the time the Dean finally found out it was all too late
He had it to accept this as a cruel twist of fate
The Dragon's Lair was reopened
Joy and happiness for many a friend
As for Chef Dude, finally, everything turned out great.

Meanwhile all of four amazing years had passed
He started to look back and reflect on his past
He had got himself a wife
A business, a fabulous life
And the Mercedes the Dean gave as dowry which was damn fast.

4)
Thus he finally bade adieu
To an institute which toughened his every sinew
Filled with many a twist and turn
In his attempts to learn
In this exalted milieu.


PS: Yes, I too cannot understand how I won first. :). *Thanks Bhaand*