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February - A Month of Extremes

For me, February has always been a month ridden with a high adrenaline rush (well atleast since 2008). It's either a very good thing that happens or the opposite.

Back in 2008, there were two unspeakable incidents that took place. One was very exciting. The other... well not so much. But as these two incidents were the cornerstones for the Feb fad, I respect them very much. Then there was this shitty party called the "Farewell party". It seemed like the school was happy to get rid of us. Hence, the party was bad, but we did enjoy it (for those of you thinking it must be because of the programmes, I assure you, it wasnt).

2009 was fairly quieter. It had only one incident, which was thankfully, one of the best in my life. Yep, I am talkin about the Iron Maiden concert, which was incidentally, my Maiden concert (more about this day will follow on Feb 15th). Maybe there were a few minor incidents which I do not remember.

This year, with just 10 days behind me, a lotta incidents have taken place (most of which are not good). First, I lost the keys to my house. Then I lost the most important thing in my life (including myself), my iPhone. Waah!!

As a small compensation, my IPE practical exams were awesome. But so far the best thing about this Feb has been 8th Feb(again). It was my friend, Abhishek's, birthday. We had a gala time in his house.

Hoping that the 20 days to come will drift by without any further incidents (correction: bad incidents), that's all for now.

Update 1: Yesterday, Feb 11, a monkey invaded my house while I was sleeping and later almost attacked me. It miraculously managed to open a jar of ground nuts without breaking it. When I woke up to drink some water, I opened my bedroom door to see a monkey eating ground nuts. I shut the door first and then banged on it, in hope of scaring it away. But alas, no such luck.

Then somehow I managed to scare it away, but not before it tried to attack me.

Praying for no more updates.

Comments

  1. A monkey?! Really? What is it with you and primates??

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  2. Maybe just that them being close cousins and me being closer cousin with them?

    What other incident are you referring to?

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