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So last Tuesday was the Chemical Engineering students talent show which showcased talent from only the chemical engineering department of U of T in order to fundraise for UNICEF. I never thought I would be even part of this but everything happened so quickly and amazingly that now I am very proud of my self bcoz I was part of it.

First it was just our class rep who announced about an upcomming talent show…I was interested but felt shy and just forgot about it….then the announcement came again this time they gave an email address to register your self or to send in any questions…. Now I really wanted to participate in it but the problem was I couldnt find anyone who can sing Indian songs with me…no one from first yera….there you go the email for the rescue….I sent in an email and I got the reply immediately saying that some third year students were interested in doing it…. I contacted them and voila! we now had a 2 women one man group!

Now the next few days that lead upto the talent show were crazy! Hectic! First we coudnt Karaoke the songs we selected by our selves and everybody who we asked either said something weird or they completely didnt know what we were talking about….Now it was sunday and the show was on Tuesday…. No music…No practice no nothing…A girl called Janani who was in our group said ok I am gonna hunt every single Indian music store in Toronto…And there she went and came with good news that she found these music after a hectic search! Wow!

Now practice…That week was a very bad week…bcoz I had tests and alot fo assignments due that week including a presentation while the other two had similar stuff to attend too… on monday we met up at Deepikas place and it was about 3 hours of non stop practice….In my mind it was all about singing and also preparing my self for all those work I had to submit…

Tuesday! I had a MSE test which I did extremely bad…but who cares…But everythgin turned out so exciting after the performance! It was an amazing performance and a great talent show altogether….never expected chem engineers to be so talented! A guy named John Pratap Matthews who organized this show did many programs…He could sing…PLay the drums….the electric organ and the guitar! Wow….And the Indian dance at the end was sooooooo good with the Punjabi Bangara mix in it! We felt a bit weird after our performance becoz the audience seemed a bit lost in our performance but it seems we rocked! We saw people dancing when we were performing…oh my god! Thanks Janani and Deepika for giving me so much confidence or I would have been shivering on stage! Oh this si the first time I sang on stage with a mic and I had a solo too! heheheh! I am very proud of my self….I want to do more shows like this in future!

Yeah went to Body Worlds yesterday it was alright in my opinion…. I mean dont take me wrong but the Plastination process and the careful way of taking every single organ seperately was awesome but after a while I just got bored…It was kinda repeating for me…again and again it was just a man or a women in different poses….thats all well atleast I got to see what the hype was all about…wish there was different stuff….

Oh yeah baby WINTER OLYMPICS! What an amazing journey that was….. I was never planning on watching the winter olympics as to be honest I didnt knwo any winter sports or what their rules were… therefore I didnt care…. but one day I just tuned it in and I couldnt stop watching it…every single day during reading week I atleast watched one event… It was awesome! Atlast I got the Passion for HOCKEY! I never thoguth that would happen to me but it did….Hockey is amazing! Although Canada sucked so bad it was still great… I am the newest Hockey fan in town people! Now its time to watch some Maple Leafs action… I knwo I wont be dissapointed… Then it was curling… Way to go Brad Gushue… The final match kept my eyes without winking the whole time as it was amazingly played…Canada was well trained and well focussed and they did a great job winning the Gold medal…and lastly but not leat Cindy Klassen..5 medals!woooooooooooot! way to go girl…she was such an inspiration for me… I wish I could be part of the Olympics winter or summer but I guess its way too late to start doing a sport and think about Olympics…I missed a great chance…But atleast I have a chance of seeing these wonderful people and get inspired by them…
Oh Oh Oh i forgot womens figure skating…The american Sasha Cohen and Irina the russian what a loss man… I really wanted the russian to win becuase she has gone through alot in life including a severe heart problem and a lot of family problems but well I think she has a bit of false pride…But at the long program the Japanese Shizuka wow what a great show she put! Well I think I have a crush on her….shooooo be quiet guys…!!! Anyways Well done to everybody who won and didnt win… It sure takes alot of courage to do these sports!

Ah well watched the closing ceremony and Iwas truly dissapointed….none of the acts wree impressive….they were just there for the sake of showing something….they didnt connect at all with the olympics…WTF were those 100s of brides doing? it was just worthless…the worst closing ceremony ever..and Canada’s inviting thingy oh god I dont want to talk abotu it….it was just worthless…too much money and good for nothing…I was really impressed by China’s closing ceremony act at the Greece Olympics! It was spectacular…

Anyways reading week is over…damn it….I hate going back to University…it doesnt really inspire me or impress me…I always think ive made a wrong choice but well atleast let me please my parents….i hate doign the routine goign to uni comming back hoem and doing hw and studying fuckign hard for the tests and just feel disspaointed over the un doable test paper…it has just become rouitne and it sucks….

Oh well when will this end?????? lest wait and see
have a great week ahead guys! enjoy and WATCH HOCKEY!!!!!!!!!!

As always for the last few weeks a review of mine of some sort and this time its
LORD OF THE RINGS THE MUSICAL!
Well last Sunday I went to the previews of Lord of The Rings the musical. The main reason I went to see it was becuase it had music by my favourite alltime composer A R RAHMAN! And I should say his western journey is not soon to be forgotton as the music was simply FABULOUS! He has always composed Indian music for over 200 movies and a chinese one which had asian influence in it but this was his first 100% western composition and he nailed it I should say…. The musical had every element of emotions weaved inside the music and I was totally amazed my it! My favourite one was the Helm’s Deep theme which was simply amazing becuase the instruments such as drums and the deep bases made my mind go like I wanted to join the army right away…such a beautiful rhythmic composition.. And the surprise was a bar dance which I never expected to be that way and couldnt beleive ARR can pull it that well! Bravo!!

On the other side….the sets were amazing becuase it was 27 million of something for the production it showed in the way the sets were made…fantastic….the light effects and special effects and some crazy magic tricks, stunts, dancing, acting was marvellous I dont knwo hwo they managed to put all together as I thought if one of the actor’s timing got wrong the whole special effects and everythign comes apart and it would be total chaos….but nothign like that happened and I truly enjoyed this experience… I wish I can go again but ticket prices are little high!

Anyways guys how have u been doing?
Well last week was one of the busiest weeks of mine because I had 2 tests on oneday and other stuff due inbetween which made my week a sleepless one….Alot of late sleeping and early waking and I also skipped whole day wednesday just to study my ass off… My goal was to know every single thing therefore when I see a question on the exam I dont want to freak out thinkign that ive never seen thsi question…. I htink the tests were alright except as always there is a place for stupid mistakes… I always get the question right after I handed the thing in so now my other goal is to be sure of my answer after Ive done them and before I hand them in….
Now next week seems to be a similar scenario too except thsi time its computer programming which is an open book test and ESP which is just a boring worhtless subject…so I am not too worried as I was last week…

Anyways reading week is on the 20th! Yippie! I am planning on going to the Body Worlds exhibit at the Ontario Science Center and also planning on watching the movie Rang De Basanti with my friends…hope to do more than that becuase I want to forget University for a while! Still hunting on summer jobs! anyways have a great week guys!
ENJOY!

At last the time I spend at Woburn Collegiate Institute ended officially even though I will visit them when ever I can. Commencement was good and it was great to see all the faces that walked with me the woburn journey; teachers and students. I should say most of them were well dressed and the smiles brought back all the good memories we had to gether.

The commencement started off with Wind Ensemble playing their part and it was great. I thought they did a great job with all the new faces in it. Then the prize giving and then came our Valedictorian, Pranavi’s speech. I thought the speech was very touching and very intersting to hear eventhough I knew she didnt mean it in her heart. I liked it when she said “Jay hows your neck doing?”. It was classic eventhough Jay wasnt present at the ceremony.
Then came the Wild cat song and then we had the reception!
It was all a fun filled evening! and I will miss Woburn afterall I guess eventhough I was saying that i wont and i dont.

Anyways I aced the chem 25% which I ma very happy about! another midterm to go and then back to the routine small tests!
On a last note if anybody has any kinda commencement pictures please send them to me…please dont hesitate.
Enjoy life!