And so my violin education at SIFAS ends. It actually ended on Sunday at about 2.30pm, but officially, its only over when that diploma reaches my hand. It was also nice that it ended with both, me and Nandita (the other 8th year violin student) getting the Vadhya Visharad awards. I was actually quite annoyed yesterday afternoon when it looked like my time at SIFAS might end in an unpleasant fashion, but I guess things worked out after all.
SIFAS has really been amazing, and like Nandita said, there might come a time where I'll really miss going for violin. Not just the classes with easily the most amazing violin teacher. But the whole feel of that old, building that's tucked away in a really secluded corner of rangoon road. I'll also definately miss all the amazing people I've met and befriended over there. Bharat, Shreya, Nandita, Sneha R, Srikanth, Sriram, Praveen, Varun, the list goes on. I'll miss all the orchestra sessions with the gang. I'll miss that stupid auditorium with the funny old sound room. I'll basically miss everything that SIFAS had to offer, and then some. I've been going there every Thursday since I was 7 or 8, and I guess saying goodbye isn't easy.
Enough with the melancholic talk. I've been watching a good bit of stand up comedy this holidays online. George Carlin, Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Russell Peters, Flight of the Conchords (their not exactly stand up comedy, but its FUNNY), Jeff Dunham, etc. I love them all. I think stand up comedy is the height of self confidence. The only difference between one of these guys and you're uncle (example) who says a joke over a dinner table, is that these guys have the guts to get onto stage and say it. They've also got the showmanship and the stage presence to hook the audience for the duration of that show. Its brilliant.
About one week for the JCTS, and I hope to god my preparation will suffice.
And I'll say something here that only other cricket enthusiasts will understand.
TEST CRICKET IS MUCH MORE FUN TO WATCH THAN T20. =)
Cheers.
"Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars,
Livin in top houses, drivin fifteen cars.
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap,
We'll all stay skinny cause we just won't eat.
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars,
In the VIP with the movie stars.
Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there,
every Playboy Bunny with their bleach blond hair."
3 comments:
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR DIPLOMA AND VISHARAD!
Sigh everyone's gonna miss everyone else too! especially after everyone runs off to different parts of the world. sandeep's gone already, then bharat and nandita and i'm not sure about sneha, then you.
and yea, sir is the most wonderful violin teacher we'll ever meet. he was so sad when sandeep left, and he isn't even his teacher.
by the way, you forgot your best friend at sifas- IOC!! your thangachi! hahaha. and the Big L. and that stupid emcee who can't pronounce anything right. and who can forget our very own 'yensemblay'? =D and that friend of yours and bharat's with the outrageous shirts. haha praveen right? and remember YOUR emo girl? =P
lol yea stand-up comedy is brilliant.
-don't even talk about CTs.-
and YEA eveyone's on about T20 nowadays. but only test matches show the real strength of the players.
P.S. can you remove that word verification thing? haha it's irritating. =)
I already miss sifas too! You're right, Shreya - sir is incredible :) I don't think I would have become as serious about my violin playing as i am now without him.
The Big L will be missed, yes :D She gave us endless hours of amusement, in the middle of playing that same thillana line 40 times :P
Aw i miss you guys!
That's me, Nandita, by the way :)
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