Half-Girlfriend Review

 

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The minute Mr Bhagat announced the release of his latest book, it got me all excited. I finished the book about a week and a half ago and quite enjoyed it, but was obviously expecting a lot more from it.

There wasn’t much of a difference seen with the previous books of his. A simple, uneducated Bihari boy falling in love with an up-class, filthy rich Delhi babe, having one thing in common- BASKETBALL!

There were a lot of repetitive scenes and yet again cultural differences had to be brought out.

The plot was too simple and very predictable. Nothing exciting or out of the ordinary happens!

But leaving aside all of this, there was one thing he managed to do.... And that was to grab the attention of the reader which is one of the smartest moves made by a  good writer today. You look around and you will find everyone talking about this book. Now that’s being clever!

He definitely fulfilled his mission in reaching out his book to millions by pricing his book at a reasonable price accessible to all.

I’m actually more excited to see it come out as a movie. I believe Mohit Suri will do a better job out of it. But still not keeping my hopes too high!

Before reading the book, I was planning on writing quite a lengthy review, unfortunately now I have nothing more to say.

So let’s hope now for his next to entertain us a little more!

Dairy Entries

This was part of my Internal Assessment in Creative Writing. My teacher loved it!

 

Dairy Entries

A student studying in a foreign university living in his own place.

17^th  June 2014

Dear Diary,

In another two weeks, it will be a month since I have moved to this place miles and miles away from home. I just cannot believe it. I still remember that day when everyone came home and gave me such a grand send off. I really do miss my family these days especially mama’s food. I still have six more months to go before I go back for Christmas. Counting the days to go!

28^th June 2014

Dear Diary,

Sorry it has been awhile since I last wrote. But I do have a really good excuse which you will be most pleased about. I got a part time job. This will hopefully not make me feel that homesick anymore. You remember I told you earlier that I had applied for the  “Masterchef Australia Culinary Workshop”???  They got back to me today and I spoke to Matt Preston on the phone. His voice is so overpowering. I literally was on top of the moon. He toldme tocome in tomorrow at 5 pm for a short interaction with the rest of the team and the best part is  I will be meeting all my dream chefs. I am so excited right now!!!!

29^th June 2014

Dear Diary,

I just came back from the Masterchef kitchen and I was in awe. It was a food paradise inside. I spoke to Heston Blumenthal!!!! Can you belive that? Allof a sudden, I feel very important. I actually felt like a girl for a moment going all “gaga” over him.But who would not?  He wasso impressed with my culinary skills but at the same time told me that it is a huge competition. Okay! I am too tired now so I am off to bed. Tomorrow is going to be very exciting when I tell all my friends at the Uni.

12^th July 2014

Dear Diary,

I did not realizehow hectic college life is. It even more hard when you have been pampered all your lifeby your extremely loving parents and in one day have to survive in the world all on your own like now. One good thing is that I have an advantage over most of the other boys studying in my class. I CAN COOK! Not just cook, but cook good food.  My morther has definitely done a good job with me. Okay then, I bet stop bragging about myself now cause like I have mentrioned it before, I do miss my mama’s chicken roce curry and pork sorpotel all the time. But luckily, tomorrow my aunt is coming to town and she’s promised to take over the kitchen. My friends are actually more excited than me. The girls are already deciding what to wear. This is another perk of being a guy. We do not care about any of this. Just throw on some pants and a shirt and walk out of the door! They get so irritated with me at times so now they have turned into my wardrobe experts. They make it a point that I look into the mirror every day before I leave my place. Oh no….it looks like I’m trning into one of them now!!!

22^nd July 2014

Dear Diary,

It has been ten days since I last met you. There has been so much happeneing these days. Our midterm exams are coming up and it’s not that easy when you have to come back home to a mess waiting to be cleaned up. Yes I forgot! We have no maids around here. It’s times like these I miss Shanta the most.  Shje would have come every morning to wake me up and bring my milk to my bedside. Then, pack my lunch, do the housework andcook us all dinner at night. I really do admire her. She’s a superwoman! Anyways, today was a really bad day. I wanted to try out something for my dinner that I had learned that class earlier today and guess what happened?  I turned the knob the wrong way and my sauce started burning .I am a real muff when it comes to disasters. I just stood there shocked. The first thing I did was called my mother who lives in another continent and she didn’t answer the phone. So I finally enede upeating instant noodles.

1^st August 2014

Dear Diary,

It is the first of the month and I always believe that good things ought to happen! Caitlyn, the girl I had my eyes on, the minute she entered the doors of the baking class, came over to sit next to me. She would talk to me now and then but today she came and told me in my ears that she loved the way I cooked and wanted me to teach her some of my skills sometime. I freaked out like crazy. I just stared into her eyes and I think I scared her as the next minute, she was out of sight. This made me feel really stupid so went to her at lunch and asked her out on a date this weekend. I don’t know what was wrong with me. When I told Shawn and Joshua at English class, they burst into laughter. But inside, I knew I would not regret it!

3rd August 2014

Dear Diary,

Tonight is the big night. Caitlyn, the girl of my dreams is coming over to eat my food. She is Italian so I thought of whipping up some creamy beef lasagne, a pepperoni pizza and pannacotta to steal her heart. One should always be impressed on the first date. I just hope it does not turn out to be too over the top. I don’t know what to wear now. She dresses up like a princess every day to college. Can you imagine what she would wear on a “date” then???  I just want everything to be perfect.The year has just started for me and I believe that nothing can ruin it. Should I get her tulips, roses or lilies? Wow. This is not as easy as I imagined it would be! I cannot get shy in front of her and scare her away again.  But I have one issue. When I look into her eyes, it is just too much for me to process. She is too good to be true. Anyways, I have two more hours to go so I better get started. Everything has to go as planned. Wish me luck!