The Indian Thread (TiT) # 15

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<p>Yiiiii!</p>

<p>I read about Earl Grey Tea, Murray Gell-Mann, and Lemon and it reminds me of the da Vinci Code, and Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony (sorry, I know it is childish, but I love Artemis Fowl.)</p>

<p>As for me I haven’t actually tasted Earl Grey, but then again, I am a coffee person. (A pukka Chennaiite always is)</p>

<p>As for you Noldo, sorry about the converstion, but obviously the guy (or girl?) knows nothing about the U.S. Colleges. Not that he/she should, but don’t sweat it.</p>

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<p>Still waking up? :eek: It’s 1 PM in India, how can they still be waking up? ;)</p>

<p>Oh, I’m a tea person despite being Tamilian. Childhood loyalties come first, and I grew up in England. :D</p>

<p>That conversation was with a teacher.</p>

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<p>Well it’s 11:30 in good old Dubai. (Land of the Pentagon and all… :))</p>

<p>I assure you, it is very, very possible for a person to wake up later than 11:30.</p>

<p>First hand experience? What’s that? :D</p>

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<p>Speaking of coffee. This may be blasphemous, but for me, the best coffee will always be that found on Indian Railways. :)</p>

<p>Tea person here too. Living outside the south will do that to you…</p>

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<p>Tea person here as well. God I hate coffee, its soo damn bitter even with Starbucks cream on top. </p>

<p>Yeah Noldo, I can totally understand you. Here is a similar conversation that I had myself: </p>

<p>'Sup dude, where you heading off to next year?" </p>

<p>“University of Wisconsin-Madison, its in the US” </p>

<p>“What? Is that like some kind of community college?” </p>

<p>“Not really, its a top public university, and is globally recognized for research.” </p>

<p>“Uhh,ok man. Whatever you say. Too bad you didnt try for Harvard…Hell even I could’ve made it in.” </p>

<p>“**** off dude.”</p>

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<p>I’ve actually grown to like the bitterness, recently.</p>

<p>I think that’s due to the college decisions season, or is that taking things too far? :p</p>

<p>Oh. and Congrats Noldo! 800 and counting…</p>

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<p>LOL… MIT vs Caltech… we definitely have better PR</p>

<p>I know a math professor at MIT who says, “Caltech is good, but we stole their cannon, LOL”</p>

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<p>Yep, bas, you guys do have better PR. Pasadena has better weather, though, so it evens out? :stuck_out_tongue: (In all seriousness, though, it’s a bit silly to obsess over one Very Good College versus another. Pity no-one in my acquaintance agrees with this.)</p>

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<p>You are taking things too far, Shrivats. :p</p>

<p>dda – yeah, that conversation sounds pretty par for the course. Just because we aren’t going to blasted Haahvaahd. :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>:) I am, aren’t I? :p</p>

<p>I think that should be the CC creed: Thou shalt not obsess…</p>

<p>Well if you count your online acquaintance, then you’ll find plenty of fellow non-obsessers. (Is that even a word?)</p>

<p>Good to see you back here bas…</p>

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<p>I have an admirable online acquaintance, actually (and off CC – well, sans online acquaintance I wouldn’t have applied to the US, I think, so I have them to thank!). :smiley: Fun.</p>

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<p>I slept at 8:45 in the morning today. :stuck_out_tongue: I just woke up. :D</p>

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<p>I’m in fact happy Caltech rejected me… my parents would have forced me to go to Pasadena… invoking the familiar place, friends and relatives in CA argument… :slight_smile: All the great people I know have gone to both the colleges… eg Richard Feynman… me too (LOL :))</p>

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<p>How many people here applied to Duke anyway? The both of us, Lakshya, anyone else?</p>

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<p>Sudu1989 .</p>

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<p>bas – my parents would have forced me to go to MIT, and the more I read the more I realise I’ll probably fit in better at Caltech (thanks to its theoretical focus), so I am slightly amused. :wink: </p>

<p>I didn’t apply to Duke. Was going to, but…didn’t.</p>

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<p>Ah, fine. Anyway, should be fun waiting.</p>

<p>Argh, can’t believe I just wrote that. I want my decision now!</p>

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<p>LOL… :slight_smile: did u join facebk?</p>

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<p>Nope. (Yes, I am lazy.) I will probably do so at…some point, yeah. </p>

<p>Shrivats, RELAX. :stuck_out_tongue: If you guys can’t get in, frankly, I’m not entirely sure who can.</p>

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<p>I am relaxed. (honest, I am). I just appear a bit more frantic online than in real life. :slight_smile: (Whistles an aria) There, I’m fine :)</p>

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<p>SPAM ALERT: I’m approaching 500, but TiT will remain unaffected… Princeton’s Word-Association and Ask-a-Q threads will suffer… Off I go…</p>