Bhangra Night 2007 Penn State

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This was the second time Penn State was having a Bhangra night and it was called Bhangra Ressurection, The Second Coming. The party basically started at 10.30pm in the student hall big enough to fit around 400 people and the floor was full. So i would say around 3 to 4 hundred people turned up from all around pennsylvania. There were more white people then indians that came. It was basically just music and dancing like what they have in wedding dinners. The dhol players made it even more lively and I tell u, white dudes dance like crazy. Here no one is shy and stuff, they jus dance and ge crazy. The party ended at around 2am with the crowd forcing the DJ to keep playin music all night. I thought some white people how to dance bhangra and managed to get some numbers ; ) unfortunately most of em were guys. Some white guys even wore kurta and girls wore punjabi suits. There was a dholi tha reminded me of Ajeet and another guy reminded me of Sathi. Man i miss u guys!!

soccer and lab

Top pics : my geoscience lab partner..man we had so much fun doing our lab together

: the building is called the old main, Penn State's most important building
: Standing in front of the geoscience building.

Bottom pics : soccer turf feild..honestly its smooth..trust me!

: guy in red is my very good friend, Mario (plays very good soccer)
: the chinese guy is from malaysia (Jin), plays soccer well too.

My First Penn State Football Game

I manage to get a ticket for the PEnn state vs Buffalo game a few hours before the kickoff from a friend who didn't wana go so i excitedly took the 50 dollar ticket. game started at around 12 afternoon but it was windy and cold. the first quarter was kinda boring but it ended up pretty well.. we beat buffalo with a big margin 45 - 24. I had a great time watching the bands perform and the cheerleaders entertained the crowd well. The fans are crazy and the atmosphere was electrifying. I had a great time.

football eve The people here are mad when it comes to college football ( american football ). Penn state is one of the best whn it comes to football and we have the biggest football stadium among all colleges in the US. The season just started and we won the first game 59 - 0 and it was one of our biggest win in history. The game tickets here are rediculously expensive and comes up to 200 dollars for a game. Season tickets were sold early june and it got sold out in 59 mins. ( fasters ever tickets sold in college football history).The day before the game kicked off, we had an event in the stadium called football eve. The football coach of Penn state ( Jo Peterno) age 70 over gave a very motivational speech and introduced the new football team this season and we are expecting to be top 3 in the BIG TEN League this season. It was a very spirited event with fireworks at the end and the chearleaders making the occasion even more attractive. They gave away free white PENN STATE t shirts to be worn for the following game. Our biggest rivals are Michigan, Ohio State, Wisconsin and Notre Damn. Next week Penn state will be playing Notre Damn and they have formally asked everyone to wear white ( even non students have to wear white ). We were ranked the best fans last few seasons and will be looking to keep that reputation this season as well. I watched the first game on Tv and learned the game well. To be honest, if you know the game, it is pretty interesting. Soccer is still the worlds best game!!!

Farewell Party

A week before I left, my family organised a farewell party for me and it was a great success. Thank you to everyone who attended and made it a fun night. Basically we had food ( pizza ) and drinks with some outstanding performances by Param and Naranjan. We had very emotional speeches from my uncles, aunties, cousins and best of friends. The part I liked most was when I received a huge card with everyones signature and short msges. Thank you all so much for that special night.

A class day at Penn State

my roomate - JOE

my cupboard and bed

the Geoscience buiding

my friend from Kenya and my ESL teacher from Vietnam.

9.00 - class begins 11.00 - break, lunch, quick nap 2.00 - class resume 3.30 - class ends, ride back up all the way back to east halls ( my room ) , study, go online 5.30 - ride to the turf, play soccer till it gets dark around 8.00 8.30 - get ready f 7.30 - get up get ready or dinner, ride to downtown ( 5 mins ride downhill ) suffer riding back up. 10.00 - assignments, online, sleep.... thats if there are no parties which rarely happens.hahaha