Spiralling my life, all alone.

Hello people!!! Hope you guys had an awesome week and are rocking your weekend as usual. I am doin fine. Lab work and classes are keeping me busy and active. My zest is alive and keeping my spirits high. However, this afternoon, after i returned from a seminar on mentoring, my mind was racing with mixed feelings. I was feeling lonely and deserted. My friend and I had planned to go out to shop for milk, yogurt and some veggies. Unfortunately for me and fortunately for her, her boyfriend had different plans and i had to give up mine. In a way, i thought i was being ditched. Frankly, i was planning to pugnaciously ramble about "how it feels to have a close friend who's got a boyfriend"!!!



Probably, its because i dunt know how it feels to have a boyfriend that i got so pissed off when she said she is going out with her guy. I didnt want to turn cantankerous and spoil her day. I simply exclaimed, "Ok, enjoy yourself!!" So saying, i tried calling some of my other friends for this lame shopping, but they didnt seem so interested. Dead end. With i-pod plugged into my ears and a Jeffey Archer book in my bag, i headed to the bus stop. Alone. All along the way, i was counselling myself to the fact that i need to accept certain things in life in their stride. I was silently thanking my patience and tolerance for helping me cope with the unpleasantness of this delirium. I visited a temple and tried to get rid of the cacophony of thoughts that were racing in my mind. I left the temple. Confident. Strong. Motivated. Re-energised. Like an incurable optimist.





Ok, now that i am back to my state of "Joie de vivre", i shall walk you guys through some ecstatic moments i had in university this week. This incident happened in lab few days ago. There is this "danger zone" in the lab which contains a carcinogenic chemical, Ethidium bromide. My friends and i had set up a reaction in that area. While the reaction was running, we moved away to the computer cluster in the lab to check mails. One of the Honours students working there, came out of her way to tell us that, we had to decrease the voltage of the eqipment that was running our reaction. Enthusiastically, i moved to the "danger zone" and adjusted the knob and turned to acknowledge her timely advice with a smile. (*did i get the "c" right on advice?? tel me if i am wrong.. often get confused *) Ok, moving on. While doing so, little did i realise that my hands were naked. Without gloves. This Honours girl, smirked at me and casually, in her monotonous tone, said " Oh, my dear friend!! You have to wear your gloves!!!" The words stung me like a bullet. Immediately, i rushed to the wash basin, emptied half of the liquid wash there and the whole sink turned into a bubble bath area, foaming profusely and the aroma intoxicating the entire lab!!! I had a funny feeling that the nerves and muscles in my face were entangling. Portraying a fool out of me. I could feel my metamorphosis!!!



Generally, i am this very cautious and careful girl when it comes to lab work, or anything for that matter. I believe in perfection. I was stunned to realise that it was me who had commited such a stupid blunder. Adding to the fact that i was exasperated with myself, what got me more so was that, this girl was watching me walk to danger zone without gloves on. She could have easily warned me before i touched the machine. I accept that it totally slipped my mind, but still, if she were soo keen in telling us about changing the volatage, as a "well-wisher", she could have cautioned me. "So dumb", i thought. My clumsy reflexes that dad often complained about, seemed far better than hers. The intellectual rating that i held her in, have come stooping down after this incident.




So, now, Prithz is being extra cautious about her life. In a way, it is very challenging and enthralling to take up such projects, though they mite even cost your life. I sincerely hope that my mom is not reading this, else, i mite have to abandon this project and take my next flight back home!!! Oki, anyways, thats about one interesting event that happened. The other two are better expressed pictorially.



The pic below shows the beautiful new book i bought. Its going to be my bible for the years to come and i am going to treasure it for the rest of my life. "Molecular Biology of the Cell" by Bruce Albert et. al. I am sure this will not be in the list of pillows into which i will fall asleep, while reading thru. (Last sem, my organic chem book fell in that list!!!) :p



Now, gals, hook up!!! I got this earring in my faculty bazaar last week. Have been waiting to show you guys. My obsession with pink seems to be increasing exponentially every day!!!



Lastly, i am really glad to tell u this: 31 posts. 5 months. And now, i have crossed my first milestone of achieving 1000+ profile views. Am damn thankful to u guys who have kept me so engrossed in blogging which has now become an inevitable part of my life. First thanks to my cousin, Vicky who got me into blogging. If not for him, i would have missed something that is now a huge part of my life. Thanks a ton da!!! So, that's about it for now. Take care. Have a stupendous sunday and a memorable week. Huuuuggggzzzzz!!! Will catch up wid ya soon!!! Ciao!!! :)