summer-of-2024

[summer-of-2024]

18/04/2024

Today is the thirteenth day of my vacations and this is the thirteenth log entry. Let's get into it.

Today I woke up by 8:45 am, brushed my teeth, washed my face and wore my lenses. I then had my breakfast and joined the class conducted my our new math teacher on basic math. Today's topic was Algebraic Equations. Then I went up and took a bath. After which I started cleaning up both of my drawers. I took a break in between so that I could eat my lunch and then got straight back to it. After cleaning and arranging the drawers, I took a forty minute long siesta and then joined my tuitions. After my tuitions, I helped my mom get ingredients for todays dinner and helped her prepare it. Then I ate my dinner and spent some time with my grandfather, watching the news and the predictions about the National Elections. It is 11:02 pm right now and after I post this, I will go to bed

So Long

[summer-of-2024]

17/04/2024

Today is the twelfth day of my vacation and the twelfth log entry. Let's get into it

Today I woke up around 9:00 am, brushed my teeth, washed my face and wore my lenses. I then gobbled my breakfast and joined the online class held by my new Math facilitator for a course on basic math. Today's topic was Rational numbers. After the class, I went up and took bath. After coming down, me and my mom went to get tender coconut water for my great grandma. Then I relaxed for sometime and chatted with my mom. After which I had my lunch and took a two hour long siesta. Then I hung out with my friend after which I had my tuitions. After Tuitions I ate my dinner. It is currently 10:36 pm right now and after I post this, I am going to bed.

Sayonara

[summer-of-2024]

16/04/2024

Today is the eleventh day of my vacations and this is my eleventh log entry. Let's get into it

Today I woke up at the unholy hour of 6:00am, which reminded me of school days, because I usually get up around this time during the academic year. I then started studying a bit and then exercised for about a half an hour. I then got my hair oiled by my mom and ate my breakfast. After which, I joined my math teacher's bridge course. Today covered the topic of fractions. The I took a shower and ate my lunch. I took a two hour long siesta and then went with my best friend for an ice-cream date. After returning home, I helped my mom a bit with dinner and then relaxed for a while. Then I had my dinner and have almost completed my mandala. It is 11:00pm now and as soon as I post this, I will got to bed.

May the force be with you

[summer-of-2024]

15/04/2024

Today is the tenth day of my vacation and the tenth log entry, let's get into it.

Today, I woke up bright and early by 7:30, washed my face, brushed my teeth and wore my lenses, basically mad myself human again. Today was the last day of me shadowing ma'am so I was very excited. I then took a bath and ate my breakfast. I read a book for sometime and then changed into the clothes I would wear to the High Court, after which, I left for the office. I reached right on time and sat waiting in the office. Then I left for the court with Gowtham sir. Today, although there were only three cases scheduled, was a hectic day. I returned home by around 6:30 and took a small nap and then ate my breakfast. I then watched a few videos of a show called the Puppet History. It is 10:30 right now and as soon as I post this I will go to bed

Toodaloo

[summer-of-2024]

14/04/2024

Today is the ninth day of my vacations and the ninth log entry. Let's get into it.

Today, being a Sunday, I slept in and woke up at around 10:00 am. I then brushed my teeth, washed my face and wore my lenses. After which I took bath and ate my breakfast. I then, being the amazing daughter I am, helped my mom in dusting and even volunteered to cook dinner today. I then read a few chapters of the manhwa I am currently reading and then rushed through my lunch because I had my tuitions at 2:15 pm today. After tuitions, I worked a bit on my current mandala and then after my mom woke up from her siesta, went to buy a few ingredients I would require to make dinner. Then I did a quick 30 minutes work out and then started prepping for dinner. Today's menu of DJ's Pop-up Restaurant were Mac n Cheese and Arrabiata pasta. I quickly put on my chef hat and started on the arrabiata sauce and then on the Bechamel I would require for the mac n cheese. Then I started boiling the pasta and mixed everything up. While I waited for dinner time to roll around, I wound up the kitchen (which became quite messy to be honest). Then as I heard the pitter-patter of my sisters' feet on the stairs, I started warming up the pasta and scooping them on the plate. After dinner (which was delicious), I relaxed and listened to my favourite songs and daydreaming. It is 11:04 pm right now, and as soon as I post this, I am going to bed.

Alwida (or is it Alvida?)

[summer-of-2024]

13/04/2024

Today is the eight day of my vacations and this is the eight log entry. Let's get into it

Today, I woke up at about 9:30 am, brushed my teeth, washed my face, wore my lenses and took a bath. Then I had my breakfast and, because out temporary helper was coming pretty late, I got roped into dusting the house. After which, I started on my assignments. Then I had lunch and took a siesta of about 2 hours. After that, I got up and went cycling for about an hour or so. After returning home, I had my snacks and practiced the song I am learning on my keyboard. At 7:30 pm, I had my tuitions which lasted for 2 hours or so, then I had my dinner and spent some time with my mom and grandpa. It is 10:15pm right now, and as soon as I post this, I am going to sleep.

Let's meet tomorrow

[summer-of-2024]

12/04/2024

Today is the seventh day of my vacations and this is the seventh log entry

Wowee! a week has already passed and you (the person who is reading this), is still reading, dang! I admire your dedication.

Today I woke up by 9:00 am and followed my usual routine of brushing my teeth, washing my face and wearing my lenses. Then I went and took a bath, changed my clothes, told my mom I love her and the whole sheebang. I then had breakfast and started studying. When we go to know that our temporary helper was coming late and wouldn't be able to do all the jobs assigned to her, my mom immediately enlisted my help in dusting the ground floor. Me, being the obedient and helpful daughter I am, immediately agreed to help her out. After dusting, I watched a few episodes of the 'Puppet History' on youtube (would recommend watching, because it is both informative as well as hilarious and the chemistry between the Professor and Ryan Bregara is of the charts). By then it was lunch time, so I gobbled down my meal and took a 2 hour long siesta. After waking up, my best friend visited and I chatted with her for a while. Then I did some of my homework and then had my snacks, which was potato pasta made by my younger sister. at 7:30 pm, my tuitions started and today we did the first chapter of biology (Life Processes). Then I had my dinner. It is now 11:14pm and after I post this, I am going to bed

Goodbye

[summer-of-2024]

11/04/202

Today is the sixth day of my vacation and the sixth log. Let's get into it.

Today, I opened my eyes at 9:00 am, bight and early. Made my self feel human and ate my breakfast. After breakfast, I took a shower and helped my mom around, doing small tasks around the house. Then I sat down and started on the report I had to write for the shadowing that I did. Then I had lunch and took a siesta of an hour or so and helped my mom in preparing dinner. After which, I had my snacks and exercised for a bit. Then I started learning a new song on my keyboard. At about 7:30, I had my tuitions and then I ate my dinner. It is currently 10:34 pm right now and after I post this, I am going to bed.

adios

[summer-of-2024]

10/04/2024

Today is fifth day of my vacations and the fifth log entry. Let's get into it.

Today was my second day shadowing Lakshmi ma'am and I was really excited for today. I woke up by 7:30 am, brushed my teeth, wore lenses and took a bath. Then I had my breakfast and texted ma'am for today's timings. She told me to come to the office by 10 am and reach the High Court with Gowtham sir. I reached the office right on time and went up to the office along with sir and after getting a few documents that are relevant to today's cases, we sped of to the High Court. Today, there weren't many cases that ma'am had to argue, so we sat on a bench and while she reviewed one of her cases, she told me to read the other and aske her if I have any doubts regarding it. After reading both the case files, I went to Court Hall 23 again and observed the cases that were being fought. Finally it was lunch break, I had my lunch and relaxed for sometime. By 2:00 pm, the judge had returned and the court was in session. The day continued as usual, the judge heard a few of the passed over cases and gave the pending ones dates. I then returned home with ma'am driving me back. After I returned home, changed my clothes, unpacked my bag and told my mom about the day I had, I chilled for sometime. Then I did a bit of my lab record and had my dinner. It is 10:43 pm currently and after I post this, I will be going to bed.

Au revoir

[summer-of-2024]

09/04/2024

Today is the fourth day of my vacations and this is the fourth log entry, so let's get right to it.

First of all, happy Ugadi, Gudi Padwa, Bihu, Vishu, etc. to everyone. Today, I woke up at the early hour of 5:30 am because every Ugadi, we organise a puja in the Jain temple of Chikpete. We do this because, our saree shop was opened on the occasion of Ugadi and to thank god for it's continued success and pray for the luck to continue, we organise the puja. This puja usually starts at around 5:30 am in the morning and it usually takes more than half an hour to reach the temple from our house so I should've been up at 4 am, took a bath and left already. As soon as I woke up, I was rushed to the bathroom and was instructed to only take a quick shower. Which I did. We left home at around 5:45am and as luck would have it, today's puja had started around 6:00 am and we were only 15 minutes late. After the puja was done, I returned home and helped my mom serve breakfast to everyone and ate my own. Then I changed out of my temple clothes to the more comfortable home clothes and continued writing a story I had started long ago. Then I continued to help my mom across the house because we got to know that our helper was taking a leave today. At about 1:30 pm, I had my lunch and took a 2 hour long siesta with my mom. I woke up and started writing my physics lab record and completed one experiment. Then I ate some obattu brought home by my grandpa, as snacks and read a few chapters of the novel I am reading. After which at 7:15pm, I had online tuitions where we completed the explanation notes for the topic of 'Corrosion' at around, 9:30pm, I had my dinner and a short while later, my best friend came over and talked for a bit. It is currently 10:30pm and as soon as I post this, I'll be going to bed

Ciao

[summer-of-2024]

08/04/2024

Today is the third day of my vacations and the third log that I am writing, so let's get to it.

Today, both objectively and subjectively, was one of the most exciting days that I will experience in the course of this vacations. Today was the first day of me shadowing Sr. Advocate Lakshmi Iyengar, who is a civil as well as a criminal lawyer practicing in the High Court of Karnataka and has her own firm. I woke up at around 7:30 am today, brushed my teeth, wore my lenses and the whole shebang. Then I took bath and wore my clothes, a white shirt and a black formalish pant. I looked so cool in them!! Then, I went down, chowed down my breakfast and took my, already packed (thanks to the previous night's me), bag and rushed to the firm. After I reached, I contacted ma'am and found out that she had already left for court, but luckily, one of her subordinates, Gowtham sir, was yet to come and I was to ride with him. He came 10 minutes later, started searching around the office for some files and then, when he got what all he was searching for, we left for the High Court. There, one of the first lessons I learned in this Shadowing, was that, a female lawyer should know how to run in heels because of the various timeslots given for a particular case, and as a senior advocate, ma'am had to be present for each and every one that her firm was representing in. I was following ma'am for most of the time, but there were places that a mere intern couldn't follow her, so I stuck around in Court Hall 23 and watched the proceedings there. I saw many appeals as well as petitions being presented to the Hon. Judge and enjoyed watching the two sides trying to prove their points. One of the cases that stood out to me the most, wasn't one of ma'am's cases. It was a case against a BBMP worker who had failed to adhere to the duties given to them by their title but wasn't reprimanded by the Commissioner of the BBMP Office as per the court's order and instead was allowed another chance to correct their mistake. The court then ordered the Commissioner himself to give directions to what the court must do to bring people like the worker to justice. This case showed me the importance of a good Judiciary system in India and reminded me of the fact that, no organ, whether is be the Legislative, the Executive or even the Judiciary, no one could abuse the powers given to them and must perform the duties given to them by their post. After a tiring day in court, I returned home and couldn't stop chattering on about what I had learned that day to basically anyone who'd listen. Then I ate an awesome dinner of Aloo Paratha and finished my mandala. It is currently 11:30 pm and after I finish with today's Duolingo, I will be going to sleep.

Good Night! (I should probably get a better closing phrase)

[summer-of-2024]

07/04/2024

Today is the second day of summer break and the second entry of this blog. Let's get right in.

Today, objectively was one of the most relaxing day that that I'll spending this vacations. I woke up at around 8:40 am. brushed my teeth, washed my face and basically made myself look like a human again. I then had breakfast and took bath. After bath, me and my mom went shopping for a black pant for tomorrow's shadowing. After shopping, we went to get some ice-cream and then returned home. Shortly after returning, I tried on the shirt that mom had ordered online to see if it fit and then had my lunch. Post-lunch, I read some manhwa and lay down. At about 5 pm or so, I started doing my mandala and made my great grandma some lemonade and myself some hummus and cucumber sandwich. I then resumed my mandala. After an hour or so, I had my dinner and again, read some manhwa, as my hands had started to hurt while doing the mandala. It is 11:26 pm right now, after I post this, I'll finish with today's Duolingo and go to bed.

Good Night!

[summer-of-2024]

06/04/2024

Today is the first day of summer break and the first day I start maintaining this log. So let's get right to it.

Today I woke up at 8 am and started my day by brushing my teeth, wearing my lenses, basically making myself look like a functioning member of the society. After the whole shebang, I had breakfast and then took a (not-so quick) shower. Today, being both my first day of vacations as well as a Saturday, was deemed as a day for resting and recuperating from the whole school year. Then I lazed around for sometime and read some manhua on my phone. After which, I cleaned up and arranged one of my drawers. Lunch was finally served and after eating, I took a siesta with my mother. After waking up, I lazed around some more and by five, I did a short, 30min workout. Then I had a small snack and messaged the assistant of the lawyer I'll be shadowing form Monday onwards, for additional details like the timing and the address of the firm, dress code, etc. Then I started making my mandala while watching the web-series 'Puppet History'. After an hour or so, it was dinner time and I was served my dinner. While I ate, I caught up with my two sisters and aunt. After which, I got back to mandala. It is 11:21 pm right now and I will be going to bed as soon as I post this.

Good night!