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@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@ go for night outs is an urban youth. Then, in parties, it all comes down to mone
someone who spends all his stipend and doesn't save anything, its not difficult to get invites
:) Still I don't party much because I don't like dancing, and my idea of party is usually a good
food in a restaurant or a nice bar with lots of alcohol (I do drink). Still I do get invites
-for just the opposite ends of discussions too. Still the question people might ask is, ``don't
-your lab mates or friends miss you when you are away for, like 6 months or more?'' :) May be. I don't
+for just the opposite ends of discussions too. Still the question people might ask is, "don't
+your lab mates or friends miss you when you are away for, like 6 months or more?" :) May be. I don't
know. Still there is not much to miss about me since my presence there is still felt. I do
talk to some of them, I am available on phone on the same number, and also I am online once in a while
through GPRS :) May be they will miss my physical presence of 5 foot 6 inches and pony tail. But
that is not much to miss. When you think about it, some of my best friends are still people who I
haven't met yet :)
-\subsection*{``Question of concern!''}
+\subsection*{"Question of concern!"}
"Why aren't you concerned?". Like aren't I concerned about losing 6 months, an entire year in MS because of the half
semester split for diagnosis, change in life (may be entire life), etc. Still no idea whether my
@@ -178,12 +178,12 @@ all these are the ones I pursue right now.
Things can change. New ideas will come up. The choice or the idea of changing life according to
what comes up next usually doesn't bring much joy to anyone. Everyone wants to keep status quo.
But the world doesn't do that. Systems are just adapting to emulate status quo. So, from what I see,
-there is not much chaos in breaking status quos. It is bound to happen. ``Life changing experience'' is
+there is not much chaos in breaking status quos. It is bound to happen. "Life changing experience" is
a phrase everyone usually uses. I think it is just a myth. Life always changes, you don't live the same
one for long. You can't. Small things might be the same (like your favourite breakfast or time to wake up)
but you don't get a sudden outlook on life on a single day. It happens over a period of time. How you
-realize it doesn't represent how it was changed. It is just similar to what is called, ``you don't see
-the whole picture''. You can't realize something in a single moment, you will apply all your apriori
+realize it doesn't represent how it was changed. It is just similar to what is called, "you don't see
+the whole picture". You can't realize something in a single moment, you will apply all your apriori
before doing that. Interestingly, that does play the greater part in understanding, than anything
else. But people like to believe that they get realizations on the moment :) May be that is because it gives us a kind
of relief that life is taking sudden turns. Life doesn't do that, it just appears like a sudden turn.