Thursday, June 25, 2009
Apologies...
Hi guys!I know I haven't updated my blog for really a looooooong time!But then...What to do?I am sorry if am sounding a bit like that Sanya(just apologised in case you found that show as boring as I used to)Alright then,as I was saying,I didn't get much time to post something new.But I won't bore you by describing how and why I didn't get time and waste your time as well as mine!Anyways then,I'll shortly post something interesting and amazing,which you'll probably like!Till then,bye-bye!!!
Friday, June 12, 2009
GONE IS THE EXCITEMENT!!!
GONE IS THE EXCITEMENT!!!!
Hi guys! Now, my school’s reopening on 15th June and am gonna go to Grade 7.But, I just don’t feel that way. Well, there are… not many but some reasons for this.
First of all, because of the IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) board I joined last year, our books come from UK, so the school will supply us with our textbooks when it reopens.
So the point is, all the post-school euphoria seems to have vanished into thin air. You know, it’s really exciting to just walk into the bookshop and see the textbooks from which we are supposed to study the following year. And then the joy of just skimming through those textbooks before the school actually reopens.
And then there’s one more thing. We use files, not notebooks, so then a trip to the respective bookshop isn’t needed for that too. Then there’s this exciting thing about which sticker to put on which book. Last year, all my books had Spiderman on them and last to last year it was Pokemon.
Anyways, I hope that as a result of all that I just wrote, I don’t sound like I’m very sad or something! It’s just that I am missing all this a bit.
Well, all this may sound childish but I think that if we want to be happy in life, then our joy lies in small things like these. Because if you start expecting play stations and things like that everyday, you’re never ever gonna get happy!
-Lairai Karnik
S.M. Shetty International School
Hi guys! Now, my school’s reopening on 15th June and am gonna go to Grade 7.But, I just don’t feel that way. Well, there are… not many but some reasons for this.
First of all, because of the IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) board I joined last year, our books come from UK, so the school will supply us with our textbooks when it reopens.
So the point is, all the post-school euphoria seems to have vanished into thin air. You know, it’s really exciting to just walk into the bookshop and see the textbooks from which we are supposed to study the following year. And then the joy of just skimming through those textbooks before the school actually reopens.
And then there’s one more thing. We use files, not notebooks, so then a trip to the respective bookshop isn’t needed for that too. Then there’s this exciting thing about which sticker to put on which book. Last year, all my books had Spiderman on them and last to last year it was Pokemon.
Anyways, I hope that as a result of all that I just wrote, I don’t sound like I’m very sad or something! It’s just that I am missing all this a bit.
Well, all this may sound childish but I think that if we want to be happy in life, then our joy lies in small things like these. Because if you start expecting play stations and things like that everyday, you’re never ever gonna get happy!
-Lairai Karnik
S.M. Shetty International School
Thursday, June 11, 2009
FILM REVIEW
FILM REVIEW
-Lairai Karnik
A few weeks back, I watched the film Mee Shivaji Raje Bhonsle Boltoye .The story revolves around a middle-class man named Dinkar Bhonsle who is troubled because of the humiliations he has to face daily. The movie is mostly about love for your community and culture.
Shivaji Bhonsle, the great king and warrior, arises from his abode and sets out to his house. He tells him that he should be proud of his community and the humiliations that he has to face are not because he is a maharashtrian or that he is poor, but because of his inferiority complex.
After this incident, Bhonsle stops blaming people of other castes and starts living a much better life.
Overall, the movie is awesome. It is gripping and breathtaking from the start. It covers many genres and is very interesting. It also has hints of comedy in the middle.
For instance, when Bhonsle’s daughter, Shashikala Bhonsle, who wants to become a Bollywood actress, is rejected just because she’s a maharashtrian by a certain Gidwani, Bhonsle goes and asks him the reason. It’s really funny when Gidwani tells him that actually even he’s a maharashtrian and that his real name is Gaikwad.
I found the movie a bit similar to Lage Raho Munnabhai in which Mahatma Gandhi comes and meets Sanjay Dutt(Munnabhai) and in this movie Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj guides Sachin Khedekar (Dinkar Bhonsle)But otherwise, the two movies are on completely different topics.
Overall, the movie is totally balanced and doesn’t hurt the feelings of anyone, in any way. It also highlights some important issues like how important it is to vote and stuff. I think the movie’s great and worth a watch.
-Lairai Karnik
A few weeks back, I watched the film Mee Shivaji Raje Bhonsle Boltoye .The story revolves around a middle-class man named Dinkar Bhonsle who is troubled because of the humiliations he has to face daily. The movie is mostly about love for your community and culture.
Shivaji Bhonsle, the great king and warrior, arises from his abode and sets out to his house. He tells him that he should be proud of his community and the humiliations that he has to face are not because he is a maharashtrian or that he is poor, but because of his inferiority complex.
After this incident, Bhonsle stops blaming people of other castes and starts living a much better life.
Overall, the movie is awesome. It is gripping and breathtaking from the start. It covers many genres and is very interesting. It also has hints of comedy in the middle.
For instance, when Bhonsle’s daughter, Shashikala Bhonsle, who wants to become a Bollywood actress, is rejected just because she’s a maharashtrian by a certain Gidwani, Bhonsle goes and asks him the reason. It’s really funny when Gidwani tells him that actually even he’s a maharashtrian and that his real name is Gaikwad.
I found the movie a bit similar to Lage Raho Munnabhai in which Mahatma Gandhi comes and meets Sanjay Dutt(Munnabhai) and in this movie Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj guides Sachin Khedekar (Dinkar Bhonsle)But otherwise, the two movies are on completely different topics.
Overall, the movie is totally balanced and doesn’t hurt the feelings of anyone, in any way. It also highlights some important issues like how important it is to vote and stuff. I think the movie’s great and worth a watch.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Vacation at last!
Vacation at last!
We all keep waiting for the school to end and the vacation to start. But when it actually starts, we feel that it has started a bit too early. Well , that’s the case for some…but not all. Read on…
Grade 6 started with a lot of excitement because of the much talked about IGCSE board and new classrooms, new teachers ,a whole floor for IG kids, not to mention the new elevator.
Soon, all the module tests were over and the year came to an end…or did it?!!!
We were given our so-called vacation to prepare for the ‘Achievement Test’. In a couple of days and weeks , the much awaited ‘Achievement Test’ arrived.
After an exciting and study-packed week the achievement test ended. To be honest, I felt kind of a vacuum when I didn’t have to prepare for any exam the next day.
So, I got my real vacation on the 29th of May ,2009.
-Lairai Karnik
S.M. Shetty International School
We all keep waiting for the school to end and the vacation to start. But when it actually starts, we feel that it has started a bit too early. Well , that’s the case for some…but not all. Read on…
Grade 6 started with a lot of excitement because of the much talked about IGCSE board and new classrooms, new teachers ,a whole floor for IG kids, not to mention the new elevator.
Soon, all the module tests were over and the year came to an end…or did it?!!!
We were given our so-called vacation to prepare for the ‘Achievement Test’. In a couple of days and weeks , the much awaited ‘Achievement Test’ arrived.
After an exciting and study-packed week the achievement test ended. To be honest, I felt kind of a vacuum when I didn’t have to prepare for any exam the next day.
So, I got my real vacation on the 29th of May ,2009.
-Lairai Karnik
S.M. Shetty International School
Sunday, June 7, 2009
A NIGHTMARE…
A NIGHTMARE…
By Lairai Karnik
One fine day, my cousins, my family and I set out on a picnic. We were extremely ecstatic, because we had met after a long time. We enjoyed the picnic a lot and it was a nice get-together of sorts. We had gone to Pune to spend the vacation with my aunt .So, after the outing we returned home quite late. We were very heavy-eyed. By the time we reached home, I had already started dozing off in the car.
At last we reached the bungalow. The lawn, even in the middle of the night, was brightly lit up. I started walking; not towards the house but towards a rusty metal door. Suddenly, all my sleepiness vanished and I was wide awake. The door seemed very far away, but I reached there within a nanosecond. In my heart of hearts,I really did not want to open the door, but I had a queer feeling that something or someone was forcing me to do it. A voice inside me squeaked, “Beware! Do not open the door, do not…do not…”
But another voice, which was the stronger one shrieked, “Open it! Open it, I say! Open…Open…”and the voice trailed off into a long silence.
Reluctantly, I opened the door .Slowly and quietly, I slinked inside and closed the door behind me. It was pitch dark inside. My heart quailed. The air was still. It was very eerie. I had a feeling that the whole place was enchanted. A very great power, a terrifically evil power was controlling this place, which is why I felt so queer .I felt I was forgetting everything; I tried hard to remember my name, but all the things were just slipping away from my mind. Within a few minutes which seemed like ages, I was completely blank. I was unable to remember the fact that I’ am
a human-being! A great feeling of distress and sorrow swept over me. I wanted to scream my guts out, but that same something or someone was stopping me from doing so. I felt very miserable, but I kept on walking.
Suddenly, I came to a halt. The darkness had come to an end. When I looked back, there seemed to be no darkness at all, just light…light streaming from every nook and corner of the place. Wherever I looked , there was nothing but brightness. By now, the place was so lit up that the dark passage in which I had walked seemed like a dream. If one had a close look at this place, one would think that this place was lit up , just like this since ages.
Just then, in this place glittering with light, a reddish black darkness appeared. From that darkness emerged an enormous creature. This creature was as big in size as dozens and dozens of elephants. It had a red curved mouth as big as one elephant. It did not have any nose, hair or hands but it had hundreds of eyes! The creature’s one eye was as big as ten baby elephants! I was completely terrified after seeing this creature. I’m sure that if you would have seen this creature you would be no more afraid of a lion than you would be of a gnat!
After I saw this creature, I remembered everything…just everything! I started screaming and shouting as loudly as my voice could permit me to. I moaned and moaned, shrieked and shrieked until I was tired of doing so. Just then, the beastly creature seemed to be floating away from me, the darkness returned for a moment and then went in a nanosecond. Everything seemed still. Just then, I heard the sound of a car engine stopping. I stopped shouting. I opened my eyes and found that I was still in the car. It was just a nightmare; a really ghostly nightmare. One that I will never forget. NEVER!!!
Lairai Karnik
By Lairai Karnik
One fine day, my cousins, my family and I set out on a picnic. We were extremely ecstatic, because we had met after a long time. We enjoyed the picnic a lot and it was a nice get-together of sorts. We had gone to Pune to spend the vacation with my aunt .So, after the outing we returned home quite late. We were very heavy-eyed. By the time we reached home, I had already started dozing off in the car.
At last we reached the bungalow. The lawn, even in the middle of the night, was brightly lit up. I started walking; not towards the house but towards a rusty metal door. Suddenly, all my sleepiness vanished and I was wide awake. The door seemed very far away, but I reached there within a nanosecond. In my heart of hearts,I really did not want to open the door, but I had a queer feeling that something or someone was forcing me to do it. A voice inside me squeaked, “Beware! Do not open the door, do not…do not…”
But another voice, which was the stronger one shrieked, “Open it! Open it, I say! Open…Open…”and the voice trailed off into a long silence.
Reluctantly, I opened the door .Slowly and quietly, I slinked inside and closed the door behind me. It was pitch dark inside. My heart quailed. The air was still. It was very eerie. I had a feeling that the whole place was enchanted. A very great power, a terrifically evil power was controlling this place, which is why I felt so queer .I felt I was forgetting everything; I tried hard to remember my name, but all the things were just slipping away from my mind. Within a few minutes which seemed like ages, I was completely blank. I was unable to remember the fact that I’ am
a human-being! A great feeling of distress and sorrow swept over me. I wanted to scream my guts out, but that same something or someone was stopping me from doing so. I felt very miserable, but I kept on walking.
Suddenly, I came to a halt. The darkness had come to an end. When I looked back, there seemed to be no darkness at all, just light…light streaming from every nook and corner of the place. Wherever I looked , there was nothing but brightness. By now, the place was so lit up that the dark passage in which I had walked seemed like a dream. If one had a close look at this place, one would think that this place was lit up , just like this since ages.
Just then, in this place glittering with light, a reddish black darkness appeared. From that darkness emerged an enormous creature. This creature was as big in size as dozens and dozens of elephants. It had a red curved mouth as big as one elephant. It did not have any nose, hair or hands but it had hundreds of eyes! The creature’s one eye was as big as ten baby elephants! I was completely terrified after seeing this creature. I’m sure that if you would have seen this creature you would be no more afraid of a lion than you would be of a gnat!
After I saw this creature, I remembered everything…just everything! I started screaming and shouting as loudly as my voice could permit me to. I moaned and moaned, shrieked and shrieked until I was tired of doing so. Just then, the beastly creature seemed to be floating away from me, the darkness returned for a moment and then went in a nanosecond. Everything seemed still. Just then, I heard the sound of a car engine stopping. I stopped shouting. I opened my eyes and found that I was still in the car. It was just a nightmare; a really ghostly nightmare. One that I will never forget. NEVER!!!
Lairai Karnik
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