Saturday, October 4, 2008

DURGA PUJA HOLIDAYS...

The first word that comes to my mind when I think of HOLIDAYS is BORING... It's interesting as well, but the first word is boring... for me. Not for the rest of Engineering students may be. Mainly because of two reasons--- (1) I don't get to go to college and since I don't go out much, I have to sit at home and STUDY, which is not exactly interesting for me. (2) My cellphone balance gets low, really low, during this time (for me getting a recharge is not that easy, even with the EASY RECHARGES, read reason (1) again to know why). Still... it's the festive season--- DURGA PUJA after all, the biggest Autumn festival in the whole world (some radio channel told me that, I honestly don't know), so... so... so... I guess I shouldn't grumble about it. At least, not about Durga Puja Hols! I have never been very enthusiastic about this festival, but since I live in Kolkata now (not in Mughalsarai) I should learn to respect and enjoy it. I am trying to do that... seriously! I am already done with the first step in that direction--- shopping for clothes and talking about what I got from which store, generally termed as PUJA SHOPPING (I always love brand new t-shirts, who wouldn't...). And the second step--- PANDAL HOPPING--- I'm working towards that as well, but it depends on my parents. Actually, the night before last, dad was watching the news--- BLASTS IN AGARTALA--- and then he was like, "terrorists may be aiming for Kolkata during this Puja...", "you shouldn't go out...", "stay at home and keep outta trouble...", etc etc. I understand his concern, still... I'M GOING OUT ON PANCHAMI, DUH! I just hope I can go. The last step is I think VIJAYA DASHAMI, generally termed as SHUBHO BIJOYA here... Ooo! That is something! Relatives and neighbours pouring into your house (I hate crowds!), half a dozen kids making a lot of noise (I hate kids, especially the noisy ones!), people coming into your room and commenting on your height (how tall was Napolean, huh?), you suddenly discovering that your room has been converted into a guest room and you have to sleep in the same bed as your grandma (I hate sharing my bed!) and in the end, sweets, sweets and more sweets... (I hate sweets!) Whew! I hope it doesn't happen. Three steps to celebrate Durga Puja! Well, no. It's not always like this for everyone, but every year I end up facing all this (why me? Gawd!). I'm hoping this time it's different. I'm simply HOPING FOR THE BEST AND PREPARING FOR THE WORST (like I did last Holi... People came to play with colours and I locked myself up in my room! I'm damn scared of colours! Yeah, I know... I am one heck of a spoilsport). Let's see what happens...

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