{"id":1636,"date":"2015-03-06T12:13:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T12:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/studentblogs\/abhishek14\/?p=53"},"modified":"2015-03-06T12:13:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T12:13:51","slug":"a-february-retrospective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/2015\/03\/06\/a-february-retrospective\/","title":{"rendered":"A February Retrospective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was half-way through my regular Sunday antics when it hit me that March had arrived.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where the hell did February go?&#8221; I wondered to myself.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, it&#8217;s a few days shorter than the other months but even then you don&#8217;t expect 28 days to just fly by. After 4 months of adjustment, it seemed it was finally time to (sort of) stick to a concrete timetable throughout the week.\u00a0I&#8217;d say it has a lot to do with the reappearance of Easter eggs. Normally, Easter eggs are great: they signal the coming of holidays, the end of winter, and\u00a0the moment you eat one you know you&#8217;ve committed to at least two more. But with all these wonderful things comes the ominous exam horizon, beyond which no student can escape. Though\u00a0we&#8217;ve still got two months till any real exams, the general level of seriousness is definitely ramping up.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, there were a number of fun things that happened last month!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_56\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/files\/2015\/02\/DSC-2-5626.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-56 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/files\/2015\/02\/DSC-2-5626-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"DSC 2-5626\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When in Imperial, bungee jump (for charity)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/files\/2015\/02\/DSC-2-5641.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-57 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/files\/2015\/02\/DSC-2-5641-1024x641.jpg\" alt=\"DSC 2-5641\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese New Year approaches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/files\/2015\/02\/DSC-2-5692.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-60 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/files\/2015\/02\/DSC-2-5692-1024x516.jpg\" alt=\"DSC 2-5692\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8230;and it&#8217;s here!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/files\/2015\/02\/DSC-2-5688.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-59 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/files\/2015\/02\/DSC-2-5688-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"DSC 2-5688\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Night-time walks are underrated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_58\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/files\/2015\/02\/DSC-2-5660.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-58 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/files\/2015\/02\/DSC-2-5660-1024x643.jpg\" alt=\"DSC 2-5660\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicken wings and buns, however,\u00a0need no introduction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was half-way through my regular Sunday antics when it hit me that March had arrived. &#8220;Where the hell did February go?&#8221; I wondered to myself. 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