hangover

trek a success, and very, very lovely. nandan meets for photographs, and a barakhana subsequently.

is everyone in hangover yet, i wonder.

plans

they will make chocolate again this year, before leaving. and i say they because i cannot certainly say we. very many deep sighs. but i missed out on it last year, and was rather hoping to be able to join in this year.
anyway, marketing is on 25th. and then packing. the good nabs says he will leave off office for those few days before departure. happy are the !#^*### blessed!
meanwhile, god help me who did not stadium today. o dear o dear o dear.
but on a happier note, the other bits are done. we do have our lists ready, and so on.
it really is that time of the year again.

trek

departure from howrah on 30 september 2006 for kalindi pass trek. it is that time of the year again, and i love it.

blow!
this blog seems to have lost a few posts, too! ruddy, ruddy, ruddy.

graduation ceremony

We are pleased to inform you that on occasion of the Graduation Ceremony of our 7th BASIC ROCK CLIMBING COURSE and 5th ADVENTURE-CUM-NATURE STUDY CAMP, held at Bansa Hills, Purulia, West Bengal, we are holding the following programme:

Programme:
* Distribution of Certificates

* Presentation on Glaciers & Mountaineering, by
Dr Guruprasad Chattopadhyay, Professor of Geography,
Vishva-Bharati University,

*Presentation on Mountaineering and Weather Understanding, by
Dr Swadesh Mishra, Agricultural Meteorologist, West Bengal

At

Jogesh Mime Academy, 97A & 97B Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road,
Kolkata - 700 026, (Near Kalighat Metro Station, adjacent to Kalighat Park)
Ph: 24641746

On 9 August 2006, Wednesday, at 6.00 p.m.


You are requested to kindly grace the occasion with your presence in order to motivate and encourage the trainees of the said courses.


Thanking you,
Parthasarathi Dutta
(Secretary)



You are requested to take your seat by 5.30 P.M.

agm

by the revised schedule, agm at 5 at satyada's on 23 july.

Shine on, You crazy Diamond

Day ended on a nice note with my three friends calling up to ask(as they do every year, it seems), whether I had remembered to read up Tintern Abbey (that mighty poem of the worthy Wordswoth) on the eve of this July the 13th. Apart from that, visited dadu and stuffed myself on fried rice and chicken prepared by one who loves me a lot.
Haven't yet called potential employer. Will have to set up date for interview with another potential employer by tommorow.
My friend is on a ball, what with teaching French and dear A.da 'loose in the department', as she calls it.
And Syd Barrett died a few days ago. It shocks me to think that David Gilmore too won't be around at some point of time. there are some people whom you can't bear to imagine life without. My friend would say A.da. I agree.

for the journal, have decided want to write about the treks we have had over a few years now. the little ones, in fact. the jungle trek, as parthada suggested, and the camps and practices, even. or alternately, about bits during the beautiful sojourn at base camp last year during the gangotri III expedition.

meanwhile, here are a few photographs from my rock climbing course. was looking through them myself, and, well, here they are. all of these also taken with my tiny digital.