Friday, April 2, 2010

Back After a Long Time...

It has been a while since I have last written a blog entry. Since March 6th, my last entry, a lot has happened. The most remarkable would be that my mom has gone to and returned from India, bringing with her my grandparents on my dad's side to live with us permanently. It is going to be a very hard move for my grandparents, who have lived in their cozy and secluded home in a small town in India all their lives, to now have to live amongst a family with two very noisy children and their working parents. We have built a very posh room in the basement of our house to accommodate them, and so far the move has gone smoothly.
Tennis season has gone on for almost a month, and I wonder whether our team is simply too good to be allowed! We have won every match and I have won every game I have played. My Dunlop racket, mentioned below, has been serving me very well, although the stiffness in my arm persists due to kevlar strings. This evening I was playing tennis with my friend who is much better than I am, but I was doing quite well; in fact, I think it was the best tennis I have ever played in my life. My serve, instead of slowly improving, has suddenly just started working, in that now I hit as hard as I can, and it somehow goes in the service box. My backhand still has to be worked on, however. Hopefully I can improve it as easily as I improved my serve. Tennis is limitless, and there is always room for improvement; Roger Federer is living proof of that.
The third grading period has ended, and my grades have improved, but AP tests are only in May. I can hardly believe 11th grade has gone by this fast... it is almost unreal. In one month, I will be taking the tests that prove that I have learned something this year. Hopefully I do well on those.
It is spring break, and tomorrow night me and my family are going to Washington, DC, to see some colleges. We plan on visiting Georgetown, American, and George Washington University. The original plan was to go see the University of Virginia as well, but my parents decided it was too far from DC (2.5 hours). I am still really looking forward to this even though UVA was supposed to be the highlight of the trip for me. Georgetown especially will be amazing.
I saw one of my favorite movies again after about a year. It is called New York, and it is a Bollywood movie half in english, half in hindi. It's about an innocent indian man who had to live in NYC post 9/11 and how it affected him. EVERYONE should see this movie, whether or not you know hindi (use subtitles).

Tons more has happened, but I cannot think of everything right now.

ILL BE BACK.