Sunday, June 14, 2009

MIA again

i am in chandigarh. working on .... something (er, more like watching others work... but we'll not split hairs here, okay??) staying in a PG for the first time, and wishing there was someone else was of my age (some are much older, and some much younger) the place am interning in stopped taking in trainees from this year (they made an exception for me since i applied early, or something ). consequence: i am a novelty for everyone including the security, the PhD students, and the profs (aap kaun ho ji? aap yahan kya kar rahe ho ji? aapko kaise le liya ji? aapka naam kya hai ji? uffff!)
also, am very homesick,and rather sick of vegetarian food too. ditto for tea. does chandigarh have no CCD's at all? if you know some place in this city which serves decent coffee, please let me know. i'd bless you!
and this is what all the scientific education/experience results in :)
She was angry
He knew it, and was
wondering how best to appease her
She sat, perched on the big window ledge
Head purposefully turned away from him,
Facing the fireball of the setting sun.
Her posture stiff, unyielding.
"My, she is gorgeous!"
"I am in deep trouble."
I never wanted to hurt you, darling,
I am so sorry I didn't wake you before leaving,
But he was in trouble, and he needed my help.
I won't ever do it again.
Please forgive me.
But he knew, she heard nothing.
After watching her in that unforgiving stance for a while,
he walked up to her,
Turned her face around,
smiled,
Caught his ears and shook his head.
Her stance crumpled, and she held him close,
all the worry, the love, the resentment
seeping through.
As she looked, he gestured,
She smiled,
Those lovely, soundless lips,
and signed back.
"I love you, too."

can someone suggest of an appropriate title for this? thanks!
and i am trying to keep up with y'all. unfortunately the lab computers don't run orkut/blogspot (comes under the head of "kidswastingtime" when tried) would try to catch up soon :)
cheerio

23 dropped by:

Mads said...

what is MIA ? :O
ok, its a sad one. but the title can be 'i think i....'
:| to show the emotions n stuff going through :-s
cool cool. and chandigarh mei no ccd's? impossible! my boring village gandhinagar has a ccd. why dont u google search for one? :D

awww. cheer up girl. homesickness is common in the begining, but then u'll love it.
look at me.im waiting to go back to hostel, lol :D

S... said...

hmmmm...writing again.light went n lost d contents ... :)
anyways..u can find many coffee houses in chd...
dere is ccd,mocha, barista ,indian coffee house in sec 15,11,22,35,17,27....n many more..try out an outing wid ur PGmates...m sure u'll like d city beautiful...

Push Vs Pull said...

Loneliness will definitely help you to find many answers. It sounds a bit scary but it works. Missing people (Loved one's & others) shall always be with us you'll learn this art hopefully soon.

Cheer up - Listen to U2 "Sometimes you can't make it own your own"

Maria Carey - Hero

Che said...

Chandigarh? Why chandigarh of all places :-/
Not that its a bad place or anything but I havent know anyone going there to work!

Mamma mia! Me a mamma? said...

You've moved! Good luck! I hope it's a stepping stone to brighter, better things and a shiny, sparkly future.

As for the title, how about "Hopelessness/Hopeless/Hope?"

Spica said...

Oooooooh! Lovely!!

And as for the internship, it's just two months. It will fly and before you know it, you'll be doing a PhD which seems to last for ever!!!

HP said...

ooo ! thats a cool .. err.. thing you wrote.

Raghav said...

those unspoken words.

and why are you stuck with veg food in chandigarh..the land of butter chicken!

Sia said...

:D

Nice one.But one thing: try turning vegetarian. It can be fun, man.And as ofr the title thingy, I suck at titles. But how about 'Meh'? Pretty much sums up how the girl feels.Guys can be such assholes. :P

Piper .. said...

Heyy awesome piece of prose! :) You moved to Chandigarh? When?? I was away for quite a while and have only just returned. Must go through the archives to see what`s happening at yr end :)

vanilla sky said...

Chandigarh is a nice place , na?
I mean, I liked the roads. CCD must be there.
And the poem is nice :)

Nikita said...

hey that's a touching piece...
Chandigarh has good weather I heard. All the best for your new life there. I hope you start liking the place soon :)

neelanjana said...

Absolutely love your blog!! I can't believe I haven't been here since ages! :o
Blogrolling you,Tri :)

As for the title..I doubt if anything can do justice to its innocence.Umm..what comes to my mind however is, eternally ephemeral anger (ya,love oxymorons :D)

Mister Avant Garde said...

title first:
The-seven-year-dry-spell-itch!

chandigarh talk now:
no ccd there? how scandalous! u want me to send you some coffee beans and a coffee-bean-grinder to ur place? shipping charges free of cost of course!

Sumit said...

can't help you with chandigarh, but for the poem, which btw is awesome, the title i have in mind is 'forgiving'.

sanely insane said...

hmm chd...forget teh collg enjoy the city :P

nice story...short, cute :)

how abt 'emotions by the window ledge' :P

pseudo intellectual said...

mads: Missing In Action :D
and i found CCD's. Finally!! :P
S:hey, thanks.i went to the one in sector 35. n ich too. i enjoyed myself after the initial spell of homesickness :)
push vs pull: thanks. am trying to learn. and many thanks for the reco's
che: well, I did have work there :P

pseudo intellectual said...

m4: thanks a ton! but am back for a little bit before i head out.AGAIN!lol,i need season tickets now :P
spica: don't scare me abt PhD's.i still haven't the nerve to think about one (though academically and logically,that's where am heading :P)
i heard from ess. conratulations. when are you going?

pseudo intellectual said...

HP: er...thanks! :P
raghav: i have a feeling that my sector was decidedly uncool. there were NO restaurants! i came to delhi and feasted on butter chicken :D
sia: i thought i could be a vegetarian. turns out i love egss too much :P
piper: trust everything is okay at your end? good to have you back!

pseudo intellectual said...

Vanilla sky: thanks! yeah chandigarh is actually very beautiful. the weather ranged from crazy hot to romantically rainy though :P
niki: thank u :) m back. and i had a pretty good time once i got my bearings right :)
neelu: FINALLY! i'd blogroll you as soon as i can get my laptop/effing bad connection/zero computer skills to co-operate :D
vinay:hehe.thanks.i found a CCD after all :D

pseudo intellectual said...

sumit:thanks :)
sanely insane: i didn't go there for college. but i had fun, all right :)

pseudo intellectual said...

as for the title, i liked'em all. but i loved m4's suggestion :)

FabBlab said...

You moved? When did this happen? HOW LONG WAS I GONE?