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Hey folks … Look who is back …  ;)   … Missed me all this while ???? … C’mon speak up …… lol .. So I am going to presume that you did miss me ….

Okay .. Enough of prating … There was a reason behind my absence for so long ( though I kept apparating back and forth at fixed intervals ) …. I was , somehow , under the impression that I need to alienate myself from anything and everything that could act as a means of distraction in the so called laborious process I was undergoing …. But its better to live a short life on an island than die a centurion in a cave …. Thanks to some serious advice I was given , I have understood  that in order to taste the success , I need to love the process … the every tit and bit of it … the very gist of it … and stop treating it as a burden rather than something engrossing …. And guess who was the one behind this golden advice …. None other than my alter ego …  ;)

So here I am … Many things have changed since we last met … This interval was nothing different from the usual “Life” … Marked by many ups and downs … Peaks and valleys all the way through … Many faces unveiled … Many misconceptions cleared … And most importantly , a hell lot of new people in my life ( yes you , all of my “bootcamp” friends ) …

Once out of the school , I never thought I would experience any such thing as Summer Camp ( though the CL faculty termed it as a “Boot Camp” ) … The classes were scheduled from 9 to 7 .. for 21 days( I know that makes you say things like OMG and WTFH .. ) … Same was my reaction … How the hell these 21 days will pass …. Jai sir had a logic behind all this … According to some XYZ medical research , if you do a particular thing for 21 days in continuum , it becomes your habit …. And obviously , he was trying to assimilate this stuff called “studies” into our routine … Fair enough ..!!!

As it turned out , I never knew how these 21 days flew away … very much like everything , it ended before it hardly started … Amidst the quantitative aptitude , we were adding up the people in our friends list ( not virtual , but real ;) ) …. Amidst all the verbal ability , we were having the time of our life interacting with each other …. On one hand , we were inculcating the basic skills required for interpreting data , and on the other , we were mocking away all our worries in air … The logical reasoning never appeared to be so logical until then ….. Learning can be fun .. yes it can surely be .. And this is what Jai sir knew perfectly well …. He knew , all the way , what he was doing and boy did he do it well …!!!!!

The process which appeared to be intolerable at the inception , turned out to be a roller coaster ride in the end …. A ride with a lot of twists and turns … Twist was when I found out that I have a crush on someone … Turn was when , later , I discovered that she was already in a relationship ( :heartbreak:  :P   ) …. And guess what … One of my batchmates bet on the fact that I would not skip coaching even if someone offered me a free movie …. lol … Turned out that she lost the bet and I won a free tour to the nearby theater .. Looks can be quite deceptive you see …. I might fare well in the tests but that doesn’t go ( by a long way ) to show that I am a book worm ( though I admit that I was one , once ) …. Anyways , a free movie is a free movie … Lady Luck … Keep showering these fortunes over me .. :D :D :D

Now on a serious note …. CAT is approaching … and that too very fast …. There is a positive plus a negative aspect about my preparation , as of right now  …. The negative aspect is that I am lagging behind in few areas … And the positive aspect … The positive aspect is that I know that I am lagging behind in few areas  ;)   …. I just need to buck up and see it through right until the very end …. Its a hard nut crack … But some things in life come without a shortcut , this being the one  … :)

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This is the time of the year when you could find every second person whispering the same few things again and again ….. ” Can’t believe this day would come so quickly ” …. ” Time really flies so rapidly ” …. ” I’ll miss this place , these guyz , all the fun , stupidity and not so substantial yet so memorable moments we spent together ” …..

Reason being the end of yet another academic year …. An academic year which was nothing less than once in a lifetime experience for me …. Infact all the three years I have spent doing this funny , mysterious and awesome course have contributed in building up the most memorable period of the god-so-damn funny and complex life of mine ….

There are few things which always remain the same …. One of those things is the sheer pleasure which we extract in mocking the guys of the tougher branches while they concentrated hard in understanding the mechanics of gears or the complex procedure of switching and stuff ….. I always knew that making a jump from ECE to CSE was a wise decision …. But what I realized of late was that it was a decision which has virtually changed the way I looked at engineering …. Everything is so so so very easy if you are a computer science guy …. Just few hours of studies , and you are deemed to score more than an electronics guy who has spent sleepless nights trying to understand microwaves and antennas …. ;) …. CS totally rock … :D

Apart from studies ( if there was any ) , the frequency of late night parties and night outs has surely increased over the past two years ….. When I completed my first year I thought that the best part of my college life is over …. But second year was even more exciting …. and third year had still more of it to offer …. Thats precisely the reason I am so looking forward to the next session …. the session which I am sure I will never ever forget ….

Life comes in various shades … So does every second , every minute and every day of our life … You never know when the curve on your lips can flip …. You never know what the next moment has in store for you …. I was no exception to this fact …. There came a period in this year when I was completely shaken from the very roots …. I seriously never thought that I would ever be able to come out of “that” thing …. It was the most ugliest phase of my life so far …. But every cloud has a silver lining …. And this is not a saying …. Its a scientifically proved fact ( read manuals for the proof by iteration …. lol :P ) …. Anyways , the reason I say this is because this was the very incident which helped me evolve , taught me a few lessons and most important of ‘em all ….. I got to know that I have got so many gems as my friends , which I am sure will always stand by me , no matter what …….

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And guess what …. the entire session has gone by and I am still wondering what was the reason they tagged the room I was allotted as “The Haunted Room” …. Goodness me …. I was so eagerly waiting for Mr. Ghost for a special appearance …. But he never came ….  People say that the room was too small to accommodate two ghosts …. I suspect that they might be correct …. At last , I was the last ghost man standing …. Yayyy … I won … I guess I was deadlier , in the end  !!! :D

Now I am back at home …. But for the first time in three years , I am not very excited to be back home …. As a matter of fact , I never wanted to come back …. Infact , most of us didn’t …. The reason behind this abnormal behavior can be credited to our beloved seniors …. Three years we had been together …. and its a time long enough to form a special bond with someone ….

They told us many secrets about this awesome college of ours …. They told us how and why Sagar Bhaiyya was to be remembered in case of a power cut …. Why it was necessary to go from single to committed within the first year itself  :P   ( now or never kind of a thing … ;) …. Life is a race … Be quick … or all the good girls will be taken ) …. Though I still oppose the way they exploited us to complete their assignments …. But still we owe a lot to all the support they provided us with ….

Now when I bid them a farewell …. I know that though we will still be in contact …. But we are not going to meet each other at every random place in the campus …. Now the meeting will be scheduled and once in a while …. The “good morning sir” which was a sign of fear in the first year , has eventually turned to respect …. And I will surely miss them all …. If you are reading this , I just want to say that I love you all …. and will dearly miss you …. Wish you all the best for the next phase of your life ….

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The rooms of the final year hostel has been allotted according to the merit …. Bad luck … :( … I am stuck with all the studious and introvert guys in my lobby …. I can assure you that there will always be a pin drop silence in presence of this guys …. Scoring high in exams can sometimes be harmful as well … :( … Got to find some way out of this bookish company that I have been forced upon ….

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Yaar majaak majaak me final year aa gaya …. Still can’t believe that we all are super seniors now …. C’mon guys … This is our domain now …. We are the most experienced and most powerful … ;) …. Enjoy every moment henceforth …. coz time flies …. and it will not be much long when all of us will find bidding each other goodbye …. and entering the ruthless competitive world , trying to leave a mark of our own …!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I Yr : A fixed seating pattern in the practical exams … Invigilator in the room with their hawk like gaze fixed upon thy … you spend 4-5 hours preparing for the external viva … The external examiner makes some good use of the time to check your knowledge … You fair pretty well , answering 9 out of 10 questions … and still you are unhappy about that 1 question you missed …

III Yr : Well the external exam is your opportunity to visit the lab … You prepare your file on the very morning … You just need to punch together the printouts and still , you complaint about the tedious job of compiling them … You enter the lab the very first time … Sit wherever you like … No invigilators in the lab … You just need to copy down a few things from your very own file … And then comes the time for the external viva … External examiner makes some short work of you … He asks you just one simple question … And you are unable to answer even that … Still , when you leave the lab , you are as happy and cheerful as ever ….

Things do change with time … I wonder what will happen next year … Will there be any classes at all ???? :-?

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