How did we really spend the holidays?

I still remember the date.. It was April 29 (or was it April 27?).. Yeah.. That is when we finished off the last of the much dreaded ‘competitive exams’ , the A.I.E.E.E. exam.. But, lets not go into that.. 

It was time for partying and partying we did.. We went to the Taj two times, the Taj Nature Walk three times, and Sadar every two days.. I calculated that, on an average, I was out of my home for about 7 hours daily.. But, that is not a big deal.. After all, it was our right to spend every waking moment on blackjack and softdrinks.. 

There were quite a few farewells, and some birthdays in between.. 

Then, there was the usual scooter-trash roaming around, lots and lots of photographs..
Some tension regarding the admission to colleges/coaching classes.. Stuff like that..

And yeah, we did go to some trashy movies now and then..

But, my question is, what is it that we really did?

Okay, we did all of the things written above and some of us started blogging but where’s the crazy stuff in there? What is it that was unusual? 

I don’t know the answer.. I wrote this post for the sake of writing a post..

But, you know, one of the many wild, wild ideas in my brain as to how we could’ve spent these holidays is, we could’ve shot some videos.. like the ones they have on College Humor (Click here to view them..).. These are fun videos.. We could’ve shot them effortlessly.. Like I told you, these are wild, wild ideas..

Then, there’s this site called Revision3, another great site for some neat entertainment..

Not many people know this, but College Humor was started by two high school pals, studying in different colleges, to stay in touch with each other and exchange some real great stuff..

Like I told you, these are wild, wild ideas..In fact, I’ve got some more of them which I’ll post soon..

College’s gonna start real soon..  :p .. I don’t know if I’m happy about that or really depressed about that.. I haven’t figured that out but now that they’re over, I can’t wait for the next holiday season..

“Walking the Taj Nature Walk” as shot by Shashank Verma

A trip to the Greens near the Taj

Raju, Verma, and Sid..with the Taj in the background

I guess that there is no use lying as to where this photograph was snapped… I could’ve said Shah Jahan Gardens or something but with the Taj Mahal in the background, its better to speak the truth… These are photographs snapped at the Taj Nature Walk… This place is totally worth the entrance ticket price and totally rocks!… Just make sure that you go there when its about twenty degrees outside…

Raju playing with the swing..

Here is another photo taken at the Taj Nature Walk at an other time:

Sitting on his favourite piece of wood..

This, here is the Taj Nature Walk..:

This is the Taj Nature Walk..

Click here to visit an older post regarding the Taj Nature Walk with some more photographs..

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Photographs.

     Snapped on the Farewell.

With college less than a month away, I decided to publish some random pics from my collection. (I bet the Paulians have the largest collection of photographs in Agra).

Yup..We snap photos anywhere and everywhere.. We photograph everything that we can relate to.. and we photograph everything that we can’t relate to.. 

Then, there are some places where we like to visit again, and again, and again..and snap photos everytime.. One such place being the Taj Mahal… Yup..We’ve shot videos there (I’m gonna put up a video called “Meri Sharapova Kaha Hai?” on this page soon..), and then there are tons and tons of photographs of that place..

Pandu (Chu Chu) and Sid

 
What, initially, was supposed to be a place to spend some time before a movie turned into a full fledged hotspot by itself…Yes..The Taj Mahal is on top of our lists..

Saurabh, Apurv, Sid, Rohit, Pranav and Shashank

 Another place where we took a lot (and I mean a lot ) of our photographs is St Pauls Church College.. We took photos before, during, after school.. In the field, in the classes, in the toilets, in the labs, in the auditorium..

We snapped an average of about fifty pics during each function that took place in the school..

During some dance..(obviously)..

 

Sewak and Wasan... during one of their intense brainstorming sessions..

We have about two hundred pics snapped in and around St Pauls Church College.. and quite a few of them shot at unconventional angles at unconventional places.. The photograph above proves this point..

I highlighted an interesting fact some days ago in a post on this blog.. Click here to visit that post.. (“Interesting info…”)

 These photographs are a testament to the immense creative power of Paulians.. Always ready to snap photographs when an interesting situation arises ( always ready even if it doesn’t arise)..

Then..we’ve got close to two hundred and fifty photographs that we snapped during the various picnic trips we went to.. And about a hundred and fifty of them were snapped during the memorable Class XI picnic to Manali (and Chandigarh) and the Class XII picnic trip to Adventure Island..

Click here to visit a post I wrote on this blog quite some time ago regarding the trip to Manali from Chandigarh… 

Yup..We had fun there...

And then we have photographs of Paulians dancing..Dancing..Dancing..and dancing.. We have tons and tons of those pics.. shot through digicams, mobile phones.. blurry pics, clear pics.. and lots and lots of videos..  

The dance at Adventure Island..

The photograph on the right shows Paulians dancing at Adventure Island (much to the amusement of the locals there).. where the school took them for their picnic in Class XII..

The photograph below, is one of the many photos snapped during a dance within the school boundaries… The photograph below was taken at the (in)famous St Pauls fete about two years ago..

The Fete.. 2 years ago..

 

Then, we took a great lot of photographs at our tuitions.. “Nishant Classes” … mostly during the class..

Nishant Classes

 

 

On the right is in image in which all the pix snapped during classes at Nishant Classes can be seen..

Then, below are some more interesting photographs that you may, or may not have seen..

Before the match..

 

The pix on the left was snapped just before the match between the former class XII students and the present students..

 

At the picnic..

 

The pix on the right was snapped at Adventure Island during our picnic..

 

 

 

All for none and none for all..

 

 

Crowd at the fete..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Singing songs..