Salsa - My first class !

'Vem Magalenha rojão, traz a lenha pro fogão, vem fazer armação.

Hoje é um dia de sol, alegria de coió, é curtir o verão.'

Those are the lyrics of 'Hey magalena' , the OST of the movie - Dance with me. If anyone has seen that movie knows exacly what salsa is all about. Those graceful seductive moves performed on foot tapping numbers; it can be pretty alluring!

When asked by my cousin if I would like to learn the dance, my instant reply (very unlike me!) was 'yes' ! Soon i found myself in a medium sized room walled up with mirrors on all sides and a bunch of people chatting about. After customary hi's n hello's the class was called to order. I was asked to just see and follow, if possible. As music filled the room people formed groups and started moving in a synchronised and graceful manner, leaving me to just gape and move about as if i was a chicken caught in traffic while crossing the road!

What seemed like eons, the music finally stopped, and my grinning sister said the we will not be joining this group but a beginners one! Phew , i let out a sigh of relief and followed my sis to a corner of the room where few other people were waiting.

Pulkit, our instructor started explaining that salsa was basically a 4 beat dance comprising of 4 basic steps. You can watch this video below to see what its all about :

After an embarrasing half hour, (in which i realised that i have two left feet and wondered how on earth do i even walk!) i saved some face and picked up the first 3 basic steps!!!

I am still a long way before i stop looking like a clown, but I will keep practicing! I will also advice all you guys to give it a try, it's a lot of fun!

At the end of my first class I saw a small demo by a couple who both knew salsa and man it was B E A Utiful! Trust me this is one dance, you want to share with that someone special! So people who already have partners, get enrolled ! n others who do not have partners have all the more reason, coz u just might get lucky there ;) !

College Life

An unorganised list of incidents, things & phrases which were highlights of our college lives:

DCE!

Canteen

BCH

BMH

VVS

CVR!

Negi's lounge

Shadys cafe

IFFCO Chowk

2280

8882

Metro

RPM

Quizzing

Placements

DP

CAT

Bansal

BC,MC,BKL

EngiFest

Jam's

LHMC, MAMC, IIT

fight marna

Admin Block

Transit hostel

T5

mess food

Baba

Bercos - crispy chilly potatoes

amma

'the holy kaand'

sunny n bharadwaj ka Bhenc...

chichora

Raka,DRC,Goldy

End Sems

Football

TT

Bawana Boys

space travel

SentiTalks

Books

Sleep!

Hostel loo's

'Shady n Birla'

'Thakur n kari'

Bunking

CellPhone

BigChill

Movies

Friends

P*rn

Assignments

Photocopy

ED Sheets

NJ, Hot 3rd yr, hot pants

sexo (sec-16)

Apsara, Somji Som

CP

Oops n pabu

Night mess

Masti ki pathshala

Aanti reservation march

Cbat's, KNags, MadC

Cyber campus, Entech, DC Book shop

Rock music

Bakers Bite

Pilani

Goa - Mambo's, Titos, beer, Satish ;)

In the end, where did u sleep last nyt

Farewell, grad party

The list is endless .. a million memories ..

Ps : If i missed anything worth mentioning then please add to the comments I will update it here :)

The Seagull Effect

'One flap of a seagulls wings would be enough to alter the course of the weather forever.'

The above quote is the origin from which the more poetic quote emerged - the butterfly effect which stated that the fluttering of a butterflies wings can cause a tornado in another part of the world ( i guess even scientists like dramatization!) , well I'll stick with the first one.

I would use an example from my life to prove the above quote. we'll rewind about 6 years, when we all were good boys (and girls) and were preparing religiously for IIT. Then luckily (or unluckily) I didn't reach the target I had set out for but scored a 393 in my CEE test.(note: not 392 or 394) . I joined NSIT - ICE and for the first six months, waiting in the hope that I might get upgraded to DCE comp by the next sem. But slowly I began to settle in that place and was having second thoughts of making a shift instead wanted to freeze my current branch. Thankfully (i guess!) I did not choose to do that and as fate would have it I was the last person to make it to DCE comp.

Then the first day of DCE arrived and i knew only one soul there - Kartik ! (We guys were together in FIIT-JEE) He introduced me to his group- vicky, anshul, saraf, shantanu! and not long i got to know a lot many others.

Like everyone else even my college life played a leading role in defining the person I am today, especially the friends i made during that time. So now when i sit back and think what if i had marked just that one answer from (B) to (D) in the CEE test. I wouldn't have met anyone one of you guys. Then how different my life would have been ?

PS: I have been a believer of the saying 'A man makes his own destiny' but as years are rolling by i am beginning to get inclined the other way.Maybe there is something like 'destiny' and our roles have already been written, and all we are doing is just enacting the script. (I know Anshul would def agree with that! :) )