5 is my score!

After college, me nmohini decided to go to venus to buy some art material. So we drifted to abc on my nova. obviously, there was no shade n place to park! so my dear nova had to stand in the sun in a lane across. nevermind. me n mohini shopped paints, canvas, i needed 3d outliners for my glow signs project...our bill came down to Rs. 1241...!!!!! out of that, Rs. 900 was just my canvases! yeh..but canvas is something i never regret spending on...may it be canvas boards or even canvas shoes! venus gave us a huge bag enuf to fit in the 16x 20 canvas, other pieces were smaller. i also got a folding pallete for water colours, its cool n compact, dulange had suggested me to use it. but we dint find the 'hog hair' brushes we wanted for acrylics. So we boarded the huge venus bag on the bike in the front and off to 'trimurti', not to forget the ICICI ATM stop.!

now trimurti's is a still worse place to find a parking. So i left the bike in row of some bikes along the road, there wasnt a white line of demarkation anywhere, so i wasnt concerned! we shopped peacefully there, bought papers for mandar's project, hand made paper pads n got the brushes finally! this time the total went to Rs.354. the venus bag had much space to accomodate new art material n now it looked fatter! the shopkeeper even made fun of us saying- we shud've got a pram instead.!!! lol...!! while we laughed our way out of the shop, i find my bike is GONE!!!
it was TOED!! perfect! like my bike was screaming out-" plz take me away", when the rest of the bikes, more inapprropriately parked than mine, were right there!

I had already spent enough for the day. N this was the '5th ,FIFTH' time that my bike was toed, twice in mumbai at andheri, then 3rd time at ccd, law college road, 4th at j.m. road and now ABC! gr8! If anyone's bike is ever toed in pune, i know all the probable places to find it! We found out the nearest RTO parking ground and got my bike back at a good Rs. 350! ok, thats it, my pocket was empty, i wasnt even left with any change! coz i dint have the PUC in my bike so i was fined for that too!
mohini jokingly said, 'bhagwat bai, aj kai khara nahi!' True, having almost banged into 2 bikes on the way to abc and the whole shopping and toeing thing, it was fair to say that! on the way back home i found a PUC van. i jerked the bike to stop there! got the PUC done and it proudly lies in the bike from now on! no more toeing, plz suju. be more careful while parking yaar!

thnx to orkut!

ruddhi, a friend from school got in touch a month ago on orkut. n 2day we had a chat after like 3 yrs! and in no time we were discussing her love tale..how fast is that! Good frnz of the past just hit it no matter for how long they have been away. So cool was the chat..purani yaadien taza ho gayi!
ruddhi: maza weight 54
zalay
aadhi 48 hota
11th madhye
sujata: photo madhe addhi sarkhich wattes
oh wait a minute..
when was the last time we met?!
ruddhi: nahi aadhi peksha wadhli aahe
kes pan jara waadhlet
gokhle
armaan
sujata: oh god no!
ruddhi: no
stahaye
sujata: kay tp kelela apan!
ruddhi: mehendi compettion
sujata: huh?
ruddhi: aapan bhetlo hoto
tevha
tula mahit aahe shaan theatre paadla
sujata: ya
but sun city hai na
ruddhi: 30 rs madhye movie pahila aapan
sujata: yeh
ruddhi: brek madhye tickets kadhli hoti
heheheh
sujata: good old days
ruddhi: remember chendu?
sujata: hehe
ruddhi: Rinni
sujata: ya
dhamal hoti na!
ruddhi: ho
U used to get bugged off with the three of them very often
chendu was all time victim
sujata: yeh...she was a nut case!
ruddhi: poor her
she used to trouble u a lot
sujata: hope she does well in life!
what can i say!
ruddhi: and u used to get pisssssssssssed offffffff wid her
hmmm
sujata: heh
ruddhi: and do u remember we were searching for chendu's mum after movie
and she had fallen asleep somewhere
sujata: haha
yeh i do!

the best healer

m back from manavli..me n mohini had left on wednesday post noon for mumbai. then mohini, me, sidd, aai, baba, jayu n her parents made a quick plan to go to manavli..yay...i cud take a break from city life. i always long for such times, that bring me closer to nature and days go by like minutes in its company. this time we got to watch macpies, sun birds , barbets...baba was our guide! he truely loves and admires nature in every form...no wonder i feel the same. The trip was indeed refreshing. I returned with new ideas for my flash presentation and website asgnt. It seems like i take a rebirth everytime i travel..!
the best part was that baba discussed a very interesting project with me. he called it 'developing a garden that is also a birdwatching spot'. i.e. we study the habitats of trees, plants and birds and bring it together to develop a garden as per our wish. its not only beautiful but also delightful. baba has been building houses for more than a decade now..n he wishes to extend it to designing multi-functional gardens for his creations! what an over whelming thought that is! i was instantly excited to join him. m looking forward to more n more feild trips and making research reports and discuss them with baba. i always thot i shud've become an engineer or an architect so that i cud work with my 'most admired idol' but now i have a chance to work with him being an artist! m glad... too glad.

sugarcane season!

Each day of summer in pune is incomplete without atleast one glass of sugarcane juice! Its as cheap as 3/- per half glass n 5/- per full glass, and theres a 'rasavanti gruha' at a distance of every 20-25 footsteps! So i have a glass at swargate and if m too tired or i decide to stick around n sketch i have another glass on my way home.. in the evening, after a walk for abt 50 mins, i have yet another glass....its so heavenish...!!!1
I was reaaly excited about the acrylic painting i started at college 2day..on 12x 16 inch canvas !!! Its a still life- a beer bottle, an orange n a custard apple. Vivek sir gave a demo first, that was enuf of a kick to me! I started off with the wash at at 9.30 in the morn...n continued till 5 in the eve! Yogesh, ratnesh, pranav n isaac were the spectators..! It was fun...! Every one wud give their views on the painting as i was proceeding. i did call sir a few times..he was very co-operative! Vivek's just getin btr! It was only me n yogesh in the end...we talked n talked..n discovered we stay close, so i got a lift back home! As usual i had sugarcane juice at a place near by and walked home with the painting proudly dangling in my bag!

water colours

The outdoor water colour painting was an amazing time i had 2day!!! We gathered in college at 8 and walked a lil ahead to make the painting. there were huts and trees there..mostly dried up coz of the summer. we settled wherever we cud on the stones, soil..some found benches and some just got their bikes over! I found a spot too and began sketching. Then as i coloured it in yellows n browns, dulange sir came over..he liked my work, i was happy! I had fun..i felt confident in handling water colours, m gettin better at understanding its nature.
After the exam, sir appreciated my work and also mentioned that he liked me not throwing tantrums at the outdoor, coz it was all dusty and messy and ppl were complaining while i was sittin on a stone and balancing the pallete and water container around me and totally into my painting ,dint care how dirty my jeans were gettin!
Later there was a photo shoot in college..with the verve and cresendo trophies! All the students frm our class gathered and were holding the trophies they werent even aware our college had won! That really pissed me. C'mon we were the ones out there and they were holding our trophies, even the faculties were there , yes, the ppl who complained we dint attend lectures and went out for competitions! What a bloody mentality- they only wanted to appear in the photographs even if they did nothing! Thats what it is after all..if you r good ppl take adv of that , so learn to play tricks..and get things done ur way...thats what i learnt 2day. i was almost abt to cry but isaac cooled me down!
Its pranav's b'day, he treated us at sirvi bandhu; pranju dropped me at the bus stand and there i bumped into sumit! yeh! he doesnt solcialise at all so hes always alone on his self-schedule i.e. u'll find him in college or bus stnad at any time! his logo is finalised for the fest and mandar sir also asked us to continue with the newsletter design.., they plan to release it at the annual exhibition. I also need to start working on my porfolio now, we'll have awards for best 20 portfolios in college...n i definitely dont wana leave any stone unturned!

sumit's sms @ 10pm

Sumit- I've been wating 4 dis time since 22 hrs, 4 I can tel u smthin dat u'd be 'eager to listen'...
Sm rainmakrs keep walking without realising that they are giving a new life 2 all those lifeless buds, delighting souls, changinglives..adding colour, blosm and most inp- hope. with such faith in themselves which spreads person 2 person giving their lives a new meaning..
I am one of those lucky ppl and i wish my rainmakr lives long life, 4 she deserves a share from our lives.. Happy b'day sweetie :)
n sorry
Suju- Dont be! n thnx!
Sumit- I am.. Gnsd.

end of teenage!

turned 20 2day!
Night was fine. yash called at 9 coz he wud be busy at the eve. aditya called up at 12, followed by shruti and mohini. Me and omi were out, taking pics for my new glow signs asgnt. we were home by 12.30 , had some snacks listening to mirchi...i went to bed at 1.
Day started at 6.15am. Usual routine...bus at 7.30...lecture at 8...sandwitch at canteen in the break...Mohi pranju n shruti gifted a pen stand and a lamp and sm flowers. mohi did ask me abt evening prog but i dint want to go out with them coz i dint want to have shruti and her stupid jokes around. God! i hate these things...all i want on a b'day is a simple hug, which i dint get in the entire day! miss u aai..!
anyways, i was back home at 1pm, in PMT ofcourse! it was a long journey 2day as i went into the thinking mode and gained conscience only when a tear rolled down the cheek. i was missing aai, baba, sidd and lata aji too much! i was dying to see them, spend time laughing at sidd's mimics and mum n dads cute conversations! ..dad gets into this filmy mood smtime and reproduces dialogues in the same old style! aji wud make 'masale bhat' and tomato soup. i missed how jayu wud come home in the morning and give me a tight hug and how she fed me chocolates made by herself! but i was not where i wanted to be! i was at pune home. had lunch with aji, aba and omi. Omi had got a chocolate cake! Yummy...!!! i had warned aji not to get into spl cooking coz i wudnt like it..somehow i cant adapt to her style of blowing things out of proportion and gettin tooooo excited abt things ! anyways, enjoyed food and went to sleep..got up at 5pm...wandered in the house...listening to radio..swinging...isaac called up , he figured i wasnt excited abt the day and he yelled at me!i wish he was here, hes my kinda person unlike mohi n co. who r very boring smtimes! anyways, i cant hide things from him, even if i try he easily finds out! Yash too sensed smthing was wrong in my voice when he called up...i guess thats frnship..! B'days r very good days when u know who means what to you and what u mean to whom!
duh! i was too bored! then i thot i shud get a hair cut...so ran to priyanka and got one !! the mess is looking much btr, came back home smiling! then we 4 again decided to go out to have dinner. Had chineese at Abhishek... n thats it! The day passed away.....
moral of the day, u know its ur b'day when suddenly everyone remembers u and u r busy attending calls and smses from ppl who never care to call up to say 'hi' throughout the year!

sweet fights!

we might have our landscape exam on 14th(my b'day) or 15th(pranav's) this week. the thing is we r the kinda ppl who wudnt choose to attend college on b'day and ruin in, so we r praying that the exam doesnt take place on our respective b'days. we have been fooling n teasing and each other! i hope its on 15th !!! coz i wud hate to spoil the day if my exam doesnt go well! and so is pranav's fear i guess! so a sweet solution wud be telling our selves- what if the exam is postponed next week!?
Dance rehersals are on a high. Group work and controversies go hand in hand! pran n mohi rnt able to cop up with the steps and we cant just tell them to their face ,they r only the crowd, coz frnship will be spoilt... but we also cant let the dance suffer! aare yaar, its always like that, its all abt accepting what u know is not supposed to be accepted..huh! anyways, isaac sounded quite sure abt the duo dance so i have sm backup! i have always wanted to dance on stage but never did, wonder why! i guess i never really believed i cud, or i was portrayed as smone else like an introvert. actually i was one i school days! i hate to remember those days! but m way far from it now..m gonna perform this year! m so excited, m not that bad either, ppl say i dance well..! plus i have lost a couple kgs too and ofcourse plan to lose more for the performance! i hope for the best!

glow signs

me and sumit have decided to take a break from working together..! and its going really well. we arent like deserted from each other but hes been very understanding. Coz m in a lost state these days..many ppl say that to me. But m working at it.
Mandar gave an interesting asgnt 2day. Its titled 'medias of advertising' and hes listed out sm 10 diff medias out of which we have to choose 1. m planin to take up 'glow signs'. it interests me rt away! its glowing, its hatke and i wud love to collect refs and take pics of glow signs at night, sounds fun. i have also thot of collecting detailed info on the methods of doing them, raw materials, expenses etc.. since its gonna be a good 20-25 pgs project of spirally binded a4 sheets. m looking forward to work on it!
2day was a happening day.. new asgnt in college, then we did the dance practice, later me n mohi had lunch at 'naivedyam' at 3pm and set off to shop at SGS. bought 2 tees for me and an mp3..yeh the b'day is approaching! also got a tantra tee for omi..he turned 18 on 4th march! i hope he likes it..hes cmin here on the 13th...m sure we gona have a rockin time!

setting priorities

After a blast at manvli on mahashivratri..m back to pune life! 2 days ago, isaac was here after a really long time ! we caught up in college, sumit went on silence mode! he doesnt gel well with isaac..anyways, me n isaac had a great time as usual.. after college, he had a train to catch at 3.30 pm so he had arnd an hour n a half to go.. we thot of hanging arnd, but the sun was too intense so we settled on a 'katta' downstaris. needless to say, we talked a lot!!!!!!!! I admire him so much, the guy works in mumbai to support his family, also works for church, and draws as n when he finds time! Hats off to u yaar! We discussed how he had his mind set on conceptual art and his desire to excel at it, he realised his goal after wasting 2 years n doesnt wish the same for me coz m younger to him and i have the right time n he repeatedly kept tellin me that its high time i decide what i want to do coz he thinks m going arnd taking up almost every opportunity that comes my way.. thats so true..m actually striving to do better in every section of art. but i need to have priorities now, its the end of second year...!!!!! lot of experimenting done!!!!!! its time to chalk a plan now. He was rt, sumit too had told me abt this some time ago... i had enough of a brain wash then.
Anyways, then isaac was hungry n we had cornettos! we have this kinda deal, since he doesnt let me spend a penny when we hangout in mumbai, i do the same in pune! I dropped him at a chowk and rode home. I was too determined now, that i need to work out things and set priorities! so i made this long list of all the things i enjoy doing; 2d graphics, graphic animation and graphic canvas painting topped the list.. there i had my priorities! i called up isaac the next second!

turn on the music plz..

After having cursed web designing..i turned off the laptop...i wanted to go away from it. So i walked out of the room, tuned into radio mirchi and sat swinging..! half an hr passed ... i was still not convinced to go restart work. i forgot all abt it and swayed into another world when RJ shrikant played one of my fave tracks on the radio! hurrah! i sped up the swing n was feeling the song in the air.. i lost it then...i got up and danced for like an hour! literally let myself go with the flow..i had a serious encounter with myself! it was 7 pm by now..i went out to take a long walk... came back by 8.30, watched a couple marathi soaps with aji n aba.
4hrs of break..! I made up my mind finally, n decided to turn on the laptop. But i wasnt willing to open the software. so i was surfing for some music.. musicindiaonline has the best collection of fusion tracks, i listened to anoushka shankar, nitin sawhney, talvin singh, rahman... n that did the trick! the artist in me was back.... i opened dreamweaver and shooted out creating layouts for user interfaces.. music was penetrating, n my right brain was warming up ... i was at my best then! there was no stopping...till 4.30 am i was finishing one design after the other... i was done with 5 interfaces!!! thouogh we had to submit only 3, where i had already done 2! so now i had 7 in all, which meant i cud chuck a website! fantastic, i was satisfied with myself..i tried out variety of layouts and composing tactics..i felt more confident abt the software....!

freakin mess!

jammed evening this is! i hate this..2moroz submission, n i have nothing worthy to show! fantastic!!!!!!! lots to do..newly taught subjects and methods are freakin me, i definitely need a hell lot of practice to get them right...all the concepts are ready on paper and themes ready in my mind, but digitising them is the problem. web design literally stretches ur patience that u lose it.. I made cool layouts in photoshop, but dreamweaver is the new player m trying to adapt to in the game called applying art! aare yaar, aise hi hota hai...11th hrs!!!!! always!!!!! not once have i managed to complete things days b4 any submission. and to add to that, the ghasu wants us to start with comic strip and the flip book 2moro!! I havent even thot of that! why do all things happen at the same time...feels like the profs are competing--who wud engage students the most! at least m done with vivek's project..hes actually the most lenient of all but i dont know how i manage to complete only his asgnts in time! oh, may be coz hes asgnts mostly involve handwork n m definitely btr at that as compared to digi stuff! now, y dint i go for fine art then?!
silly me, still not able to figure out what i really wana take up as a profession! i wud probably end up painting walls and cars and banners!!! lolz.....

me vs myself

a lazy n cozy sunday it is! The sun has warmed up my room, its all yellow! i feel sleepy.. aaahmmmm... but no! submission 2moro..wake up suju wake up...keep ur eyes open. yeh, they r forcing themselves to b open and watering badly! i hate to force myself to do smthing..i like going abt at my own pace. These days, i've been sketching n painting a lot..kinda shifted from computer to paper, n thats bothering my asgnts in college! my graphic asgnts have a traditional touch to them. actually i luv working with both mediums, traditional n digital so its difficult to give justice to both. even if i make up my mind to do a real lively sketch, i tend to shade it like i wud with graphics, n vice versa. d morning started off well, i got up at 7, had coffee and turned on the radio in the living room and was enjoying it sitting on the swing..ideas started flowing...gradually geared up speed..i brought my laptop out of the room and set it up on the dining table...n began working! Some 2+ hrs of concentration resulted into 3 user interface designs..i was at peace..i hadn't lost touch completely i thot!
then had a refreshing bath and aji sent me out, to get 'ras malai'. wonder what the occassion is, but anyways, she said she just felt like having it! we had the best of marathi food 2day- masale bhat, tomato cha saar, matar karanji and ras malai..how cool is that! tummy is over loaded...feeling sleepy again....
c'mon , i can do this..only 1 web site and 1 flash presentation more to go...