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College Diaries.

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                                                COLLEGE DIARIES                             EPISODE:22                           ..."I saw this outside our door", she said. So, I had to tell her every little bit of the stupid thing I was going through. When I skipped the 'window part', she said, "What else are you hiding?", so eventually, I had to tell her EVERYTHING. "I am so sorry, grandma. I promised you I won't hide anything from you, but this seems rather serious and I didn't want you to worry...besides, you already have a lot of worries up on your mind...I am sorry about everything...", I completed. So, she talked about informing the cops to which I said the word "No" three times. "Tell me one thing grandma-how do you always know when I am lying and when I am not...it's like you read my mind.", I asked, partly because I really wanted to know and partly because I was dying to change the topic. "The

College Diaries.

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                     COLLEGE DIARIES                             EPISODE:21                   ...I was at the bike stand, waiting for Ethan when my phone started ringing. It was Ethan. "I've got one bad news...dance is postponed to next weekend...", he said. "Oh...that's pretty sad...but where are you?" "Oh! And sorry for today, I can't come...I'm stuck up with this party work."And so, I went home all by myself. Normally, when I enter, grandma would say something like, "Daisy, you're home! How was your day?", however, that day she looked pretty different, with a stern look on her pleasant face, she said, "Daisy, we need to talk...is it okay after your class?".For one good minute, I just looked at her like,' Talk? What talk?', but then I somehow managed to say, "Okay, grandma...sure...".And trust me, while eating, while walking, while teaching, I was thinking as to what did we need to 

College Diaries.

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                                                COLLEGE DIARIES                               EPISODE:20             ...It was lunchtime pretty soon and I was at my usual spot at the cafeteria along with Sophie. "Where's Ethan?", I asked Sophie because he is the one who is always there before us and I think he heard me because he surprised me from behind by saying, "Here I am!" "Where have you been?", I asked. "Mr. David actually saw me today...so had to deal with him...and hey! Talking about 'deal'...do you remember 'our deal'?", he said, taking his seat. "What deal?", I asked looking at my food even though I knew what he was talking about...I mean come on, who doesn't remember the 'yesterday talk'? "Where did you sleep last night?", he asked. "Downstairs", I lied, still not looking at him. "And did you tell you grandma?", he questioned again. "Yes, I did.&qu

Recreating Van gogh's 'The Starry Night' in oil pastel.

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  कला CORNER #1:Recreating 'The Starry Night' in Oil Pastels! Hi!Today's post is so special as it is the first post related to art on my blog and I am naming my art series 'कला Corner'.I recreated the iconic painting-Starry Night in oil pastels!Let's have a look at what I've got...   This is the original painting done by Van Gogh ,it was done in oil colors in the year 1889 and the rest is history. MY PAINTING: So,I first started off with sketching this drawing,at first I wasn't going to sketch it which would have been a big mistake and I'm thankful I didn't make that mistake.Anyways,my first step was sketching and this is how my sketch turned out. Next step was the beautiful blue skies!So I did the sky with stippling technique and this is how it turned out.. This is an almost completed painting of mine...as you can see there's only a tiny part left for getting completed. And this!!!!Is the completed pain

College Diaries.

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                                               COLLEGE DIARIES                               EPISODE:19                        ..."She's right. It's a matter of safety. Your window has no grills and it can be broken quite easily as it is thin glass. Promise me one thing-you won't sleep here tonight", he said. "I can't sleep downstairs!", I exclaimed. "You have to...lock up this room, it's far risky" "But-" "No more arguments, Daisy. Please just think about it", he said with a hint of worry in his brown eyes. "Fine, fine, fine. I have to sleep on the floor today", I said rolling my eyes. "Good. And now we will inform the cops about this", Ethan said. "No way!!!", I literally screamed. He thought for a minute and asked, "Your grandma knows about this?" "No" "Okay. So here's the deal-either you tell your grandma or we tell the cops", he said, an

College Diaries.

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                          COLLEGE DIARIES                           EPISODE:18                          ..."What is it Daisy? You sound like you've had a bad dream?! Shall I come up?", came Lucy's voice from downstairs which was followed by grandma's voice, "Are you okay Daisy?".I tried to cover it up and think of something quick to tell them. "I...I saw a spider in my room!", I shouted back. The truth was what I had seen was not a spider. Not gonna say I would not have screamed if I saw one, but what I saw was worse. Much much worse than a little spider and it sent me creeps. It was a canary yellow sticky note neatly stuck on the outer side of the window glass. It read: "Do you really think this is gonna stop? Do you think it's not that serious? If yes, then sorry to say, sweetheart...you're a fool." I was sweating like I was in the Sahara desert. I mean I had to tell someone regarding this.'Not grandma, not Lu

College Diaries.

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                    COLLEGE DIARIES                             EPISODE:17                  ...It was almost two O'clock till lunch was over and there was a bell at the door. "Daisy! It's Sophie and Ethan...do you want them to come upstairs or you prefer coming down?", Lucy shouted. "Send them up!", I shouted back. "Come in!", I said when I heard the knock on the door. "Thank you so so much for coming. Have a seat.", I told them. "No problem. Tell us how are you now?", Ethan asked. "I am feeling quite better than morning...took medicines just ten minutes ago", I replied. Then I saw Ethan eyeing the book which was kept on my nightstand, besides the lamp. "Did you complete reading that?", he asked pointing at 'The Puppets.' "No...but I am halfway there...have you read it?" "Yes and it's one of the best books I have read so far!", he said with a warm smile and added, &

College Diaries.

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                                               COLLEGE DIARIES                             EPISODE:16                          ...Grandma returned an hour later with a bag full of groceries and there was Mrs. Cynthia with her. Mrs. Cynthia is a doctor and she is nearly my grandma's age, the only difference is that she wears a lot of heavy makeup for her age while my grandma won't even apply a normal lip gloss. "You didn't have to bring her home...I am okay...I can walk...", I told grandma through my teeth when Mrs. Cynthia was talking to Lucy. However, grandma gave me a stern look which meant I had to shut up, which I did anyway. "Okay Daisy, I heard you are sick today. Tell me.", she said. "I feel a bit feverish since morning, that's pretty much it.", I replied. She checked me up and said, "Nothing to worry about...just viral flu is what you have."She gave me the medicines and started to leave when I asked, "Can I

College Daries.

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                                                COLLEGE DIARIES                                EPISODE:15              ...The rest of the Sunday went by quickly. Sophie returned home as she had to do the 'Sunday chores'.I set my alarm for eight O'clock that night and slept pretty quick.                               ****************          The next morning I woke up with the sound of someone banging on my bedroom door. I knew it was Lucy! It had to be Lucy as she was always behind how she could destroy my door. Anyways, I said "Come in!" because I didn't want my door to get destroyed or something worse than that. She entered. "Daisy, you're ill, so grandma dismissed the alarm and advised me to take good care of you till she returned."I looked at the wall clock on my pink wall. It was surely not 'eight'.It was 'ten-fifteen' in the morning! "Oh no! I skipped college!", I cried. "Something important today?

College Diaries.

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                                             COLLEGE DIARIES                                                                 EPISODE:14                               ..."Are you hungry? Because I am...let's go to MAC's", I said and she accepted. We went there and sat. Sophie was looking at the menu while I removed my phone from my pocket...just to check my texts and calls. There were no texts and no calls so I kept it away and started looking for what I wanted to order when I heard my name just behind me. I looked around and my heart sank. It was Pete. "Hey, Daisy! What's up?", he asked with a smile that looked abrupt. "Hi...well, nothing much", I replied. "Why can't you mind your own business?! You are truly irritating, you know that?", Sophie suddenly said out of nowhere. I motioned her to be quiet who looked completely red with anger and said, "We were just here for shopping. And I am sorry I won't be able t

College Diaries

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                                                  COLLEGE DIARIES                                 EPISODE:13                    ....She pointed at a boutique called 'NOT ONLY GOWNS' and said,  "Lets's go there!" "We are window shopping....remember?", I said. "Come on Daisy! Look at how pretty each dress looks! I promise we will just look around and be back in seconds.", she said and took me there. I looked around and saw all types of gowns that existed on Earth. V-neck, Sheer overlay, Peplum, Corset bodice, and everything and trust me they all looked astonishing! As we entered, the woman on the counter looked at me and said, "Daisy! Come, come!".I was shocked as to how did she know me because I had never seen her before. "Ummm...Hi! Sorry to ask but how do you know me?".She got up from her chair, smiled, and said, "Of course I know you, Miss Daisy. How would someone not know an amazing martial arts teacher? Yo