Sunday, June 29, 2008

Goodbye (?) Kolkata!

All good things must come to an end, they say... and so must this trip to Cal. But in many ways, this is not the end, it is a beginning, of exploration, of new places, of new people and experiences. Kolkata has been a kind host in my stay for the past 3 weeks with beautiful weather, no traffic jams (on my route at least :) ) and not the least of all, a wonderful bunch of people whom I worked with.
The last week has been hectic with last minute preparations for my test (on Thursday). On Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, I had 'revisions' in different kinds of markets to get ready for the test, which could be in any market, on Thursday. As it happened, the test went off well and I even got a day off on Friday as 2 days were reserved for the test :) That, of course, allowed me to peacefully witness Spain's 3-0 thrashing of Russia, without the thought of waking up early next morning.

On Sunday last, I had a chance to visit the Victoria Memorial (again), but this time with a colleague. By the time we reached, the museum (which I had already seen last week with Mooky baby et al) was closed. So we had to contend with walking around the gardens. But I must admit, they are absolutely splendid and I had conveniently missed them in the previous visit.

Then I refreshed my school physics-chemistry, and rediscovered my love for dinosaurs by visiting the Science City. All the little experiments and projects that we'd made in school were all on display, and I was an inquisitive child all over again.

There's much more I wanted to see in this city, with Dakshineshwar topping the list.. Maybe sometime soon...

xx - Saturday morning 8am

As I sit now to complete this post at 2am on Sunday morning, I feel a twinge of sadness and happiness at the same time... Cal's been fun.. Au revoir!

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