Summer vacations are truly disgusting when it comes to the amount of homework you have. It is irritating and at times irrelevant. The most disgusting part is the group projects. How could anyone give group projects during summer vacations? I didn't even know where all my so called group members were. What were the teachers thinking? It isn't possible to have a group discussion, when the group members are scattered all around the world. In fact that would mean, no phone calls. Then there is another problem, half of them don't have internet at their particular destinations, that means no e-mails! In fact the other problem with these vexing projects are that some members believe in only enjoying the vacations. Homework will be done a day before the school re-opens. Some over-smart members don't want to do anything. Call them, they'll just wait until you give up trying to call. E-mail them, they'll ignore. Try to make them understand, they'll just keep distracting you by yawning. Sometimes you just wish that Grand Theft Auto were to be real. You'd just have barge into their houses threaten them and then walk out and go home, the cops won't bother at all.
My friend, Joe and I, were planning to meet one day and we met at his home. There was another friend of mine who accompanied us for the discussion. After several hours of discussing and doing all the planning, I was asked to call up the members and give them their roles in the play(project). It was all like a movie, I was the Producer and the Asst. Director, Joe was the Director, but he never really managed to get the camera angles right, and the other group members were the actors. The next day, I called the main actor, Russell Crowe, he had just gotten up from his beauty sleep, I left him for later. Then I called up Christain Bale, he noted down some points. Then I had to call the villain, Mark Strong, he mistook this movie for another one. After all, he plays villain in all of them. Then I had to call Leonardo DiCaprio for a cameo.
Next week it was time to see if the actors had done their homework. Russell Crowe was up to the mark as usual, he did his work. Christain Bale was too busy promoting 'The Dark Knight Rises', that he completely forgot about the work he had to do. As for Mark Strong, he must have been utterly confused, he didn't even pick up my call. Leonardo DiCaprio, did his work even before the deadline, either ways as I said short role.
The best part was, I had only one week in the U.A.E, before I left for India, and in India, I'd have no internet in my maternal grandmother's house. I would be stranded, no way to do anything related to these dumb projects. I tried to contact Joe, but the Director's phone was out of range or something. Where had he gone? To the foothills of the Himalayas, to discuss the rating of the movie with cousins, so that no other Director can eavesdrop. In the end, the movie(project) came to a long halt.
In India, I was completely lost. No contact with any of the group members. In the end when I travelled to Kerala, I got to use my uncle's laptop. Joe had sent me an e-mail, and replied to it. After that I kept checking my inbox for his reply and got nothing to date. Sometimes Joe is even more weird than the insects in Kerala. God alone knows what he is up to at times. The weirdness is applicable to his moods as well. One moment he is happy the very next he'll be growling at someone for no reason. Besides he's very good at changing his mood from angry to happy as well. It is like he is wearing a woollen sweater, when it is cold, he gets happy as the sweater keeps him warm, when it is hot, he starts getting all stuffy, and he gets infuriated.
One thing about Kerala the time I went was that, it rained less. It was more sunny than rainy. It was always stuffy, because either it would be too hot or too humid. This made me more vexed with Joe. Why couldn't he send me a short and sweet reply rather than sitting there and doing nothing? What was wrong with him? I didn't bother much about Joe after I came back to Bombay, either ways I had no internet connection. I was like a cat on a tree trying to get down or you could say a cow upstairs, trying to get down. All these group members were useless, especially when it came to projects.
Bombay was completely boring, in fact it was only my PlayStation which kept me from crushing everything I see due to boredom. I was hopeless and helpless, apparently nothing to do. The movie was still in its first scene, never moving, no matter how much time had passed after making the first scene. It was like aestivation, we were sleeping during the summer. How very interesting for human beings!
After I came back from India, in a completely horrible and boring flight, I thought I'd get to work. I called Joe, and what a amazing news I got. He was in India! So another few days of waiting for the Director to report. For the next few days I bothered only about the individual projects and nothing else. If I kept waiting then I'd surely have to wait for another millennium. So it is better to do something than nothing.
Hasta la Vista,
K
My friend, Joe and I, were planning to meet one day and we met at his home. There was another friend of mine who accompanied us for the discussion. After several hours of discussing and doing all the planning, I was asked to call up the members and give them their roles in the play(project). It was all like a movie, I was the Producer and the Asst. Director, Joe was the Director, but he never really managed to get the camera angles right, and the other group members were the actors. The next day, I called the main actor, Russell Crowe, he had just gotten up from his beauty sleep, I left him for later. Then I called up Christain Bale, he noted down some points. Then I had to call the villain, Mark Strong, he mistook this movie for another one. After all, he plays villain in all of them. Then I had to call Leonardo DiCaprio for a cameo.
Next week it was time to see if the actors had done their homework. Russell Crowe was up to the mark as usual, he did his work. Christain Bale was too busy promoting 'The Dark Knight Rises', that he completely forgot about the work he had to do. As for Mark Strong, he must have been utterly confused, he didn't even pick up my call. Leonardo DiCaprio, did his work even before the deadline, either ways as I said short role.
The best part was, I had only one week in the U.A.E, before I left for India, and in India, I'd have no internet in my maternal grandmother's house. I would be stranded, no way to do anything related to these dumb projects. I tried to contact Joe, but the Director's phone was out of range or something. Where had he gone? To the foothills of the Himalayas, to discuss the rating of the movie with cousins, so that no other Director can eavesdrop. In the end, the movie(project) came to a long halt.
In India, I was completely lost. No contact with any of the group members. In the end when I travelled to Kerala, I got to use my uncle's laptop. Joe had sent me an e-mail, and replied to it. After that I kept checking my inbox for his reply and got nothing to date. Sometimes Joe is even more weird than the insects in Kerala. God alone knows what he is up to at times. The weirdness is applicable to his moods as well. One moment he is happy the very next he'll be growling at someone for no reason. Besides he's very good at changing his mood from angry to happy as well. It is like he is wearing a woollen sweater, when it is cold, he gets happy as the sweater keeps him warm, when it is hot, he starts getting all stuffy, and he gets infuriated.
One thing about Kerala the time I went was that, it rained less. It was more sunny than rainy. It was always stuffy, because either it would be too hot or too humid. This made me more vexed with Joe. Why couldn't he send me a short and sweet reply rather than sitting there and doing nothing? What was wrong with him? I didn't bother much about Joe after I came back to Bombay, either ways I had no internet connection. I was like a cat on a tree trying to get down or you could say a cow upstairs, trying to get down. All these group members were useless, especially when it came to projects.
Bombay was completely boring, in fact it was only my PlayStation which kept me from crushing everything I see due to boredom. I was hopeless and helpless, apparently nothing to do. The movie was still in its first scene, never moving, no matter how much time had passed after making the first scene. It was like aestivation, we were sleeping during the summer. How very interesting for human beings!
After I came back from India, in a completely horrible and boring flight, I thought I'd get to work. I called Joe, and what a amazing news I got. He was in India! So another few days of waiting for the Director to report. For the next few days I bothered only about the individual projects and nothing else. If I kept waiting then I'd surely have to wait for another millennium. So it is better to do something than nothing.
Hasta la Vista,
K
