Sweet Life… March 18, 2007
Posted by Simba in : Life Marvels, Duke, Frivolous Me , 7 commentsI was just reading a goo’ ol’ pal’s blog and realized that I have done so many things in the recent past that I haven’t blogged about…so, maybe the time is just right 
I have caught up on some really cool movies over the last few months - Fire, Water, Salam Bombay - Half way thro, Hotel Rwanda, The last King of Scotland and Munich! In the next few weeks, I am planning on watching Syriana, Crash, An Inconvenient Truth, The Contender, Namesake etc. Many of these movies are screened as a part of Ethics Institute. I am surely looking forward to these! I have watched Crash before - it is awesome! Other casual, what I would call ‘popcorn-movies’, that I have watched recently are Salam-E-Ishq, 300, and Zodiac. Phew, never in my life have I been sucha movie buff! Well, for now, movies seem to be substituting my reading… I guess, it is a ok replacement for entertainment.
Haven’t had much time to read books after I started school in January. Currently I am onto Shataram, R.K. Narayan’s biography, One of Sudha Murthy’s book and No God but God. It is an eclectic collection I must say, but each of them have their own inter-woven reasons. I am extending some of these as they stir something really deep within… well, now that’s one helluva good excuse! Recently I attended Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues - V-Day: Until the Violence Stops. It was my first time and I was really amazed. I had expected a funny play but was pleasantly surprised by a very bold and empowering play! I must say, it is surely a great way to share knowledge about the trauma inflicted on women & empower people to act! I wish I had known about the organizers - SWOOP earlier. I would have loved to work with them during the time I was here at Durham!
Recently, I was at the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour who performed at Duke. Absolutely brilliant! These middle-eastern guys were amazingly funny and refreshing! Anyone who is new to comedy shows… take my word, go & watch them - they release some of those endomorphins or something like that which makes you feel a zillion times better! 
And Russell Peters.. I am a big fan of him! On a serious note though, we had Paul Rusesabagina (yes, the real man from Hotel Rwanda!) as a guest speaker at Duke. We had a house-full of audience to see him. Though I was amazed at what he had done at his time, it was kinda perplexing how he did not deliver such a strong speech. Understood, he wasn’t a speaker but he basically narrated his story - I would liked to see more to the man! Things which inspired him to stand by his people and his answers fell short when he was questioned about what he was doing currently to some of the similar problems of genocide. But I was in awe of his presence & simplicity!
And I just got back from LA & Vegas. It was great fun! I was just counting & I have already seen about 10-12 places in US in less than 2 years, quite an accomplishment! LOL! I was there to attend a career fair which showcased some retail careers! Fingers crossed! I am still interviewing and trying to wriggle my way into something I truly like… another 2 months before I graduate. Hope I have something to fall upon by the time I graduate! And ahoy, finally… after undue stress & hopelessly fretting about it, my grades have steadily climbed over the last few terms.. this Term I aced the chart with a straight 4.0! Whoopie! And a professor’s mail calling me “Outstanding” was like the icing on the perfect cake! Now, that I am slowly gearing up… I am graduating - did I ever tell you, how unfair life is!!??
Thats all for now. My last day of the last break before I graduate. School starts on Monday and back to classes, assignments, resumes & interviews. Aloha, here I come…