The Final Countdown

Whenever Vishnu and I go shopping together, we end up spending more. We ask each other, "Shall we try this?" and the answer is never no. The most recent of our trophies was a bottle of marinated octopus. The reactions we got from everyone at CLV-home were legendary. Having touched the bottle, people reacted like they had just touched a dead body in a murder scene. Some screamed, some shrieked, some exclaimed just on seeing it from the distance. 

We have been eating out a lot - everyone's been calling for one last celebration before they leave. The Mongolian Grill place was good. Everyone makes their own combinations from a huge set of choices, and gives it for cooking on the large central frying place. It was the first time I was having something real hot in Canada. The previous week, Yan and Mohammed had come over to our place for a pizza party. Yan gave us Chinese hand fans as gifts, while Mohammed brought traditional Egyptian sweets.

And now there are goodbyes all over the place. That is one thing I find very difficult, but it is a contract you enter into, the moment you say hi to a person. Keerthi was the first to leave, and then came Rohit's turn. Adarsh was next in line, though I will keep meeting him back in IITK.

In the department, Stephen and I were eager to have one last card game night along with a few other friends, but finally didn't get the time for it, as Stephen left for Ottawa on 16th. We just had beer together along with Uzair, Caroline, Ryan and Jonathan. I also have to buck up a bit in terms of my project, to give a fitting conclusion to it.