If you're happy and you know it, use 19(1)(a)!

To clarify, the 19(1)(a) bit is only because my brain is brimming with Consti provisions right now.

(For the blissfully unaware, Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India provides for freedom of speech and expression.)

If you still didn't get it then I would suggest you really think about what is up with you. No offence meant.

Anyhoo, don't have much time so I'll cut straight to the point. I feel happy. Despite being in the middle of horrendous exams, yes. For multiple reasons.
1. I'm going to be home in less than 48 hours. At last. Can. Not. Wait.
2. Surprisingly, readership of this crappy blog seems to have suddenly shot up. I have no clue why but it's a good thing, I guess. Yay! :)
3. The new Dynamic Views on Blogger's template section seem quite interesting. Look forward to exploring them soon after exams end!

Little tip: When the big things in life don't seem to be going right, find joy in the little ones. Works wonders, I promise!

That's pretty much it. Shall now get back to revising my infinite Consti course for tomorrow's (rather today's) exam. Bah. Night, folks!

Take it as it comes.

You know what? Shit happens. It's true. And when it does happen, you feel horrible. It's natural. But you learn to move on. I've decided. There's no damn point being emo about it. What's done is done, you can't rewind it. So why break your head over it now? Look back once, learn, and then don't look back again. Sometimes it's your good luck, sometimes it's not. When you can't control it anyway then why mope about it? Take it as it comes. Hopefully, and I say this because I'm only trying this out now, it'll keep you much happier. I know it hurts especially when it means so much, but bottom line is that it's not the end of the world. And if it's not, then there's no point worrying so much because there's always going to be a tomorrow.

After moot oral tabs released today and I was feeling horrible for performing below anything I expected of my own self, the wise old man of mooting said to me, "Where you go always turns upon what choices you make at the times when you most want to give up". And as useless as it sounded to me at that time, I later realised it's hardly untrue. Today, for the first time since coming to Law School, I doubted my own skills. My capabilities to live up to my own expectations, leave aside those of anyone else. Today, for the first time, I seriously considered giving up. And then I was reprimanded severely for doing so. Learning isn't just about gaining knowledge, I was told, it's also about grappling with such situations. Time and sleep has brought a little more sanity and I feel stupid for having thought that way. Set backs are just those, set backs. So what if you have to cover a little bit of the path you already covered. You're still on the right path and probably in a better position to traverse it now. Smile. Like everything else, this too, shall pass. It must. :)

The Cynics.

Observation for today: People love to be cynical. Or think of themselves as being cynical. It's true in many cases but it seems to be something that people take some weird sort of pride in professing for the sake of it. Never quite understood why. True story. Or am I being cynical now?

Suit yourself.

My heart's a stereo :)

Stereo Hearts! Happy times, happy song :D Home beckons. 10 days. Phew. Whatte relief! It's been quite a trimester, right from the start. So much happens in three months. Quite unbelievable, I say. I call it living life on the edge. It's true, coming to think of it. People in Law School do live on the edge. You never know when they'll topple over :P It's been quite brilliant, largely. Pleasant change from the saga that was third trimester. And now I feel quite jobless. For now at least. Before end-term fever sets in. Sigh.

I decided that with today's post, I'm going to inaugurate the little-snippets-about-people section I talked about earlier. I'll avoid taking names though I doubt any of those people read this blog. Plus I want to observe general trends more than particular people. Except when the people are so exceptional that they stand out even among the general populace :P

Today's observation: People say a lot of things for the sake of saying them. A LOT of things. It's quite surprising actually. There are those few who really say things because they genuinely believe in them. But most people tend to say at least some things without really meaning them. Observe carefully next time.

Shall leave with that observation. More soonly!

And yet another Univ Round ends :)

Moot univs finished today. Whatte gruelling two weeks! Ups, downs, highs, lows. It's been one roller coaster ride. Memo was a huge fiasco, oral rounds were horrible. But it doesn't seem to matter anymore. It's over and that's what counts. I can breathe again, wheeeeeee! :) Like Mr. D said, what we take from these crappy rounds is not the worst bits but the best ones - the four of us working together, hysterical nights spent in the acad fretting over a seemingly impossible argument, Red Bulls and what not. 

Were these rounds as good as we expected them to be or did they seem proportionate to the effort we put in? No. Without a shadow of a doubt. But did we learn from these rounds? Immense amounts. Would I do it again? Hell yes! I've been told I'm crazy but I've never been in love with mooting more. I got toasted by both benches but for the 30 odd minutes that I was up there, arguing, citing authority, answering questions that were shot at me like bullets, nothing else mattered. It reiterated my belief in the fact that my decision to come to Law School was the best decision ever. I don't want the ranks to release now because I know I'm probably going to be some inconsequential number but it's okay. I gave my best, I would do it again. Now I know why only one mooter can understand another. To the rest of the world, it's a process we subject ourselves to. To us, it's those 15 minutes of absolute thrill that nothing else in the world can match. 

To each his own. :)

Because an Oreo shake can change your life :P

Today, for the first time since I came to Law School, I honestly thought I was going to lose it. Like completely. The funny bit is that I've been in the exact same situation a billion times but today I really felt like I was going to burst. Moot, debate, Admit One, classes. Talk about having too much on your plate. But you know the best bit? I managed to overcome it. Within an hour. And an Oreo shake later. (It's amazing how much of a difference Oreo shakes can make to your life. Not kidding.) I feel quite proud. Yes, I essentially wanted to say that. There isn't much else to talk about but I felt like writing something. More later, must get back to work. Toodles!

P. S. - Just an after thought. I think I'm going to start writing about people. And their habits and idiosyncrasies. Observing humans is always fascinating, no? Such varied behaviour patterns. Hm. This is sounding increasingly like something I should do. Soonly. 

Spiritus :D

I love Spiritus. It's my favouritest fest in Law School and a lot of people would agree to the fact that it's also the most amount of fun. Personally, last year when I was an overwhelmed, mind-boggled first year, Spiritus was kind of a turning point in my life at Law School. Prior to it, I was stressed, exhausted and at an utter loss to understand what was going on. In life. So many questions, no answers. Why am I here, why am I doing this, I want to go home, aaaaaaah! It was a crazy start (which it always is, as I eventually learnt). To top it all I managed to fracture my leg in my second month itself. Cherry on the cake, anyone?

And then came Spiritus.

Even though I was so overwhelmed and had so much to worry about, Spiritus took my mind off all of that and made me see why I was in Law School. Till that point of time, I was unsure about whether I had actually made the right decision in coming here, sacrificing the potential opportunity to study in some of the best colleges around the world. But in that moment while I stood with a hundred other Law Schoolites, screaming myself hoarse, cheering "Office mein tera baap kaun, Law School Law School" on the basketball court, I fell in love. With Law School and with Spiritus. And in a very strange way which I haven't quite understood till date, it gave me the perspective that I had been lacking. It showed me why I had indeed made the right choice in coming here and why there was no other place I'd have rather gone to.

Spiritus is now back and the love affair continues. <3 First day was as awesome as expected. A spazzed out badminton match early in the morning which was won nonetheless (thank god! :P), frenzied scheduling and other RnR work after and so much more. It was exactly what I had been looking forward to. Today is the second and predictably, the busiest day of Spiritus. Which reminds me that I should probably catch some sleep. It's going to be a long day.

Quick update - moot finally seems to be making some semblance of sense. Phew. But honestly, WHAT a problem! Hats off. Looking forward to two weeks of working on it. :)

Must get going now. As Senor Chang says, adios amigos!