Thursday, December 16, 2010

The Holidays

The holidays are probably the most mundane and detestable periods of time in my life so far. I mean sure, I love the initial week, and the unlimited Runescape, but eventually it grows onto you and you start getting weary of the weeks full of nothing. Luckily I had a 9 day trip to South India this December, and I've got a series of issues to resolve these hols, so they are definitely moving faster than most others, but it's still much better during the semester. I know this shows a severe lack of management and planning on my side, but I'm trying to learn and gain other things to do for my own life. The days of my life when I'm not bounded by college curriculum and exterior work.

I do have a basic checklist of important jobs to finish in these holidays, so I think I should be able to keep myself busy. The items on said checklist would be :

1. Resurrect the Student Council Webpage
2. See if I have any chance at a decent intern this year or not
3. Try to rebuild some of the social strands I once had (they were called friends once)

I'm also planning to chill out and possibly get some anime to watch, maybe Duel Masters, or something alike. But at least this time my holidays are not gonna just disappear into nothingness as they normally tend to.

My Games

I'm a gamer by nature. I love multi-player gaming, and I play all sorts of genres. My preferences are RTS>RPG>Racing>FPS. IMO, these are the genres that I can play (decently). My latest trip to Bangalooru/Coimbatore/Ettimadi has re-awakened in me the desires to play over LAN that I thought I had suppressed to a great extent. We played a whole variety of games during the trip, but the focus was on:
1. Rise Of Nations
2. Age Of Empires
3. Counter-Strike
4. End War
5. Warcraft III

Yeah, that's mostly RTS, but what can I say? It's my favourite genre. Over the trip I've definitely honed my skills in these games to a great extent, and I'm restarting DOTA and Pudge-Wars soon as well. Looks like I'm gonna be balancing gaming and studies on an even scale in the upcoming semester.