Randomness Personified :P

So, it has been almost two months since I have started a new phase in my life. And I am really loving this. Its a random post on what's happening around life. So finally I have lived through 2 months of MBA, which by the way is very big deal. Okay and right know I am in a super frustrated mode that's why here comes my first rant post :p

• What's wrong with Chandigarh's mausam. I mean every year I use to crib that its raining here but not at my place but this time it is completely opposite!!! Yes Rain Gods have transferred their loyalty to my hometown. And that's what we call cheating :(

• Why are people(okay girls!!) so overdressed here or am I turning into a grandma??

• Does MBA only means loads of lectures,projects and endless assignments. Really from last two months I seem to be doing these things only. My social life has gone for a toss() and lets not talk about reading please!!

• Why do people judge you on every single step you take??? If I don't wanna go party that doesn't mean I am boring, it just means that I don't feel like partying as simple as that!!!

• I hate getting up in the morning these days and who will not if you are living on just 3 hours sleep every night. And my alarm clock is on the top of my hit list,sigh!!!

• And still this 3 hour sleep seems luxury to our profs and they keep nazar lagaying to it by saying oh you young folks don't need to sleep more than 2 hours. And that is the case when we attend classes from 8 to 5 and then try to lessen ever increasing burden of assignments till wee hours of mornings.What are we robots??

• Apart from all these things I have found something that I absolutely love.Punjab University has this huge library filled with loads of literature but sadly I don't get enough time to read nowadays :(

  

Book Review: And The Mountains Echoed by Khaleed Hosseini

Title: And The Mountains Echoed
Author: Khaleed Hosseini
Genre: Adult Fiction   
                                           

                               

Goodreads Blurb: 

In this tale revolving around not just parents and children but brothers and sisters, cousins and caretakers, Hosseini explores the many ways in which families nurture, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for one another; and how often we are surprised by the actions of those closest to us, at the times that matter most. 

Following its characters and the ramifications of their lives and choices and loves around the globe—from Kabul to Paris to San Francisco to the Greek island of Tinos—the story expands gradually outward, becoming more emotionally complex and powerful with each turning page.

My Views: So this book has been on my To-Be Read list for a long time. I have read and loved the other two books by Khaleed Hosseini to an extent that I didn't wanted them to  end. And that's why I have expected same from this one too. But to be very frank I am disappointed. I don't know if the story line or the characters or the writing style but something was off. 

   This book follows the life of several people and keep skipping between them, for me that was quite annoying factor as it sometimes break the flow of story. Among various stories that this books depicts I loved story of Pari and Abdullah, especially the way their childhood is described. 

       I so wanted this entire book about them and their families only. I wanted to know more about how Abdullah cope up wit the sudden absence of her sister whom he loved so much. How little Pari lived and slowly slowly forgotten the memory of her brother.

Even though all the characters are well written but some of them seemed forced to me like Bashiri cousins, I mean dedicating a whole chapter for them didn't go down well with me. And that's why story somehow dragged in the middle.

May be I would have liked the book more if this was not coming from one of my favorite authors. May be I should have read this one without  comparing it to the greatness of previous ones.

Favourite Quotes:

• “They say, Find a purpose in your life and live it. But, sometimes, it is only after you have lived that you recognize your life had a purpose, and likely one you never had in mind.” 
• “It's a funny thing... but people mostly have it backward. They think they live by what they want. But really, what guides them is what they're afraid of. What they don't want.” 
• “A story is like a moving train: no matter where you hop onboard, you are bound to reach your destination sooner or later.” 
• “All good things in life are fragile and easily lost” 

My Ratings: 3 out of 5.

Books I have read this year till now!!!

I can't believe we are already half way through the year. Why is this year flying so soon??This has been a really busy year till now and reading has certainly taken a back seat but still I managed to read some good books and hoping to read many more!!! 

Although I am way behind my Goodreads challenge(31 out of 75 books i.e 11 books behind) but still reading 30 books in 6 okay almost 7 months is huge for me. So I thought of compiling all my reading till now in a list. So here is the list:

• Love in the time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (only classic that I've read this year till now)
• And the Mountains Echoed by Khaleed Housseini (review coming soon)
• Handle with care by Jodi Picoult
• If you could see me now by Cecelia Ahern
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows(Re read)
• The Gift by Cecelia Ahern
• The Illicit Happiness of Other People by Manju Joseph (review coming soon hopefully)
• Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince(Re read)
• The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult (Review Here)
• The Book Of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern 
• Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix(Re read)
• The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (Review pending from long time)
• Truly Madly Deeply by Faraaz Kazi
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Re read)
• Sita by Devdutt Patnaik
• The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (Review Here)
• Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban (Re read)
• Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets (Re read)
• The Night Train at Deoli by Ruskin Bond
• Room by Emma Donoghue (Review Here)
• Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone (Re Read)
• Thanks For The Memories by Cecelia Ahern
• The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
• Friends in Small Places by Ruskin Bond
• The Fault in our Stars by John Green
• My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
• Last Man in the Tower by Arvind Adiga
• Inferno by Dan Brown
• Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
• Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

So these are the books that I have read this year till now. I hope to read much more in the remaining year :) :)

Living a new life!!!!!

So it has been fifteen whole days since I started my new college and a completely new life in hostel. And I will say just one thing its awesome. I am totally loving my classes, subjects and oh yes the mighty assignments and presentations. I know that its just starting and I am going to start cribbing about the same things soon but right now I enjoying being a student again.

Before coming here I was little skeptical about living in a hostel. As this is the first time I am living away from home I was like how am I going to manage. Being lived in a very protective environment in a small city whole my life it was even more difficult for me. But I must say that I adjusted pretty soon to this environment.

Another thing that was of my constant worry was that I hardly make new friends. I never had a large friend circle, just have 4-5 friends all my life. Its not like as if am introvert, just that I take some time to open up. But here I met some really nice people and gelled with them easily and voila!! I have some really nice friends. 

Talking about living in a hostel its not that bad as I have thought about. I am slowly getting accustomed to it. But still sometimes holding a bucket in a line feels weird and all these 'keedas' are making my life more difficult. But what is a life without some struggles na.

So that's why I am just taking life here as its comes and trying to enjoy it to the fullest. Okay time for assignments see you soon. 

               Tada!!!!!!!!