Thought Overflow

Life and I more than occasionally share a hate-hate relationship. I’ve often said that life is a female dog. Really, though, it’s a roller-coaster ride with a crazed loon on drugs at the controls. Every once in a while, life surprises you by sending you a hell of a day, and I mean that in the good way. Today has been just one of those days.

I woke up at 11:45 AM, despite having resolved last night to wake up at 9 or so. I spent majority of the day playing Football Manager 2010. Lunch in the mess was distinctly average, but the real fun began in the evening. Today was COWBAXI Day (Cowbelt Association of XLRI, a group of students from the cow-belt region of India — states like Bihar, Jharkhand, UP, MP, etc.). They organised some traditional snacks like litti, and masala chai. It was delicious! They then organised a few cultural programmes that consisted of a couple of fun games and a couple of dance performances by the students.

And then, there was dinner.

There’s a reason I’ve put that line in its own paragraph. The dinner, I think, was the highlight of the night. It was incredibly delicious. Despite having gorged on two ghee-laden littis, I managed to eat a fairly heavy dinner. The number of dishes was not very high (in comparison to some of the other committees’ dinners), but each and every item tasted heavenly, and I guess a simple menu was clearly the way to go. It also helped that COWBAXI has the highest number of members among all regional committees, since their service was also spectacular. After dinner, we were treated to a small skit, a satire on the Mahabharata and on some of our professors here at XLRI. The amount of creativity, humour and wit that went into it were obvious and I thoroughly enjoyed the performance.

And then, to end the day, I came back to my room to read (and watch the last few minutes) of Manchester United’s 3-1 victory over Arsenal.

What a day!