Editorial

Its 3 am again, another night spent working on Signum Vitalis (it’s been many, many long nights; and at least a thousand cups of coffee) - and yet this is the hardest part: trying to pen down what that experience has been like. It’s been a crazy, nerve wracking year, but incredibly rewarding and fulfilling. A year of ups and downs, but mostly ups. Though when the downs came, they hit hard. Especially around exam time, when we realised that failing had become a grimly realistic possibility (Am I right, Ant? Uz, I know you’ll do really well like you always do!)

Bringing out a college yearbook is NOT an easy job, (I knew that all along), but no one told me exactly how difficult it would be. I had no clue that I’d be spending SO many Saturday nights in my room cradling my laptop, that I’d have so many pen drives lying on my desk (I hope I returned them all!), that I’d watch so many sunrises because I stayed awake all night, that I’d have to send so many msgs to the 25 people in my board (oh my God, the phone bill!)…

All the hard work and anxiety paid off in the end: flipping through the pages of the almost-ready Mag, I'm realising it was completely worth it! How we got to this stage after starting with nothing, I’ll never completely understand. But we did it! We made a magazine! (yes, Congratulations EdBoard 2009!)

We tried to give SV a whole new look, to approach it from a new perspective. A yearbook is about memories of college life and friends, and this year we've tried to capture that essence of KMC. We're a close-knit student community (one of the best things about KMC) and I hope we work towards maintaining that in the years to come.



Many people made this magazine and my sanity possible:

My parents, for being supportive and for not cribbing about my grades. Mom, for constantly bombarding me with ideas: some crazy, some quite awesome.

Ant and Uz, for sharing my responsibilities! I felt more secure and in control with you around.

Being inspired all year round was something I wouldn't have been able to do without my EdBoard. You guys are the most talented bunch of people I know, and we worked incredibly well as a team! Thank you for being there, for keeping the ball rolling, for not letting us run out of steam.

For putting up with all my middle-of-the-night-panic-attack phone calls, thank you to Ash and Suki. Would have LOST MY MIND COMPLETELY without your constant, firm nudges to keep me on the right track.

A warm thank you to SV for helping out (for no reason at all) with candids and batch photographs (HOW did you manage to arrange all those people into such perfect rows??! Even the photographer was impressed). Thanks also for listening to me rant about how my life was spiraling out of control, and for not letting it spiral out of control. Thanks for planning my days when I was too tired to think, and for feeding me when I had no time to think about meals.

…and that’s it from me (Famous last words??)
Enjoy the Mag!

Miracle Drug
Editor-in-Chief

Reasons why I'm writing again...and more

So I guess the main reason I'm back (apart from the Fosters entry I had to make) is that I have nothing to hide, and that even if this blog is not really relevant to my life anymore, it IS a part of me and its a part thats been accepted completely. No baggage anymore. But history shouldn't be forgotten.

And also. I CANT STOP WRITING FOR LONG. Its a compulsive thing.

So anyway. Its past midnight. And im listening to old old One Tree Hill music that i LOVE and its making me nostalgic. And its exam time again..

Bullet Points:
1. ENT Sessional day after. Chances of passing: marginally high, but dangerously close. Chances of doing well: nil. Syllabus is 700 pages of Ear and Nose and Throat. I should be studying Tuberculosis of the larynx right now.
I had ComMed a couple of days ago, where they asked us to write essays on extremely non specific topics like 'health problems of the aged' and 'juvenile delinquency'. So yeah. I left the hall feeling extremely frustrated that day.

2. Mag: OHMYGODITSSOBEAUTIFUL!! Its pretty much put together, with a cover and everything. Gotta write my editorial still, which i will do first thing after sessionals. SV promised we'd go to the beach one afternoon and I can sit around the lighthouse watching the waves and the sunset and write me Edit *broad broad smile* He's so perfect in the way he understands me.

3. Which brings me to SV. Hmmm. We spent the day together, mostly. After clinics (Ophtho for me) we had lunch and we bought apples and oranges and custard apples and pears. And then we sat around in GD (Lib) doing ENT. Futile effort.
He constantly makes all these stupid jokes and i still havent gotten the hang of dealing with it. Sometimes i feel like my brain is going to explode from the sheer lameness of it all.
But he makes up for it. Gets me vada pav and thums up anytime i want :p He's a complete sweetheart. Like its been way past my time threshold (you know how after a certain point of time, the 'cute' things your guy does suddenly start irritating the hell out of you?) yeah, so I'm waaaay past that time threshold, and i swear to god, its impossible to stay angry at the boy!

he's not a smooth talker all the time, but BOY can he turn it on when he needs to... that coupled with total understanding of my feelings makes everything better INSTANTLY. I'm not kidding. He's perfect. In many ways.
:D

okay more later

the ART of CHILLING

It was just any other Sunday afternoon.
And sundays are very very essential to us, let me tell you. its the only day we get to
a. sleep late
b. read a non textbook book
c. nap after lunch
d. walk to end point and get ice cream on the way back
etc etc etc

so anyway. end of a shitty week. until. i got invited to the most awesome sunday brunch treat ever! (thanks to Indiblogger, esp Renie!)

Picture this. Poolside party at Valley View. DJ playing awesome music. BBQ chicken and paneer tikka. And beer. SO MUCH BEER...and all of it free! (thanks to Fosters :P)

It was the 'Art of Chilling' party at Manipal... and maybe i DID learn a thing or two about chilling!

Check out the pics here!

It was me, SV, and a bunch of others i ran into from class (no other bloggers, sadly deluded couldnt make it) we spent a few hours lounging around the pool, but it was too tempting not to jump in. So we did!!! it was brilliant! splashing around, with a waterpolo ball, listening to lounge-y music. I havent felt that relaxed in a long long time. Floating on my back with a can of chilled beer in my hand is a feeling im not gonna forget too easily...

which is why art of chilling needs to happen again and again in manipal! GUYS PLEASE KEEP COMING BACK!

the party finally ended at 6pm.. when we left reluctantly. Slightly tipsy, but very happy and totally chilled out. Needed the break from the crazy med student schedule. Hey. Who says med students dont have fun in life??

Cheers!