My Digital Diary

Initial days at College

4th August 2k6

After going through the usual counselling crap and a hectic day at CIT on the 3rd(admission day and Orientation crap, which was about 3 hours of bullshit) the long awaited day was finally here!

This time, no big enthusiasm in waking up...rather get up lazily cuz i knew that college starts only around 8:30 and it was way late compared to my school timings (7 am to 1:40 pm). Avinash and I were ready to go to college after a looooong walk the previous day( discussing what would be in store for us).

My dad dropped us both at lakshmi Mills at around 7:45 A.M, we thought what a great day, we would be in time, no scoldings etc etc. But things were not to happen in this wonderland like way. The busses kept on coming but it was crowded (beyond the brim) and it was really hard to even keep a foot on the lowermost step. So we kept on waiting for the "Next bus" to come.....but then we learnt that the case is the same with any bus, be it a '2' or a '13'.

So we got in the following bus with whatever little energy we had, and by the time we reached college, we were drenched in sweat (what a waste of time in ironing my clothes). We reached CIT bus stop at 8:30 sharp.

I hurried to my room, and got in without any problems. But on the other hand, Avinash had to endure scoldings right in the first hour from his Civil Engg teacher on the grounds that he was late by 3 minutes!!!

I heaved my bag on the side of my chair and learnt that it was Computer Engg class. She asked us what we aspired to become and why we had chosen this field. There were students who were answering" i want to get placed in a reputed company". And do u know what reply the teacher gave?? She said, "This is not a good ambition....you should have higher aims. Rethink a better ambition and tell me on monday"!! Now thats what i called a really "Concerned Teacher".

Next hour, we had Electrical circuits. Now, this was one hell of a period. This lady didnt even introduce herself, nor bothered about getting our intros. She started off directly into the subject, and i must say, this lady's got an attitude problem. She says " Thats all that i know, if you know more, you can teach me". But, now I am getting used to this kinda life...so have to ignore and move forward!

Next was Chemistry. This guy (an old man) is pretty much a veteran in his subject. Though his voice is sleep inducing, there's a lot of stuff in the notes that he gives and the explanation that he gave. Some seniors say, "Gopu sir dhane, prachanaie illa". He is really reputed for his notes...really simplified text.

After the third hour, the chem guy just walked out. We were waiting for the next teacher, but no one came. So, we too walked out of the class and went to look at the guide map. I was wandering like a nomad...didnt know what to do...and to top it all, i didnt know anyone around me.

During lunch, i met my friends and got feedback of their experience so far, and also got to make new friends. After lunch, we had our Sectional classes, wherein the students of various branches are grouped together into a single section. We had maths, and this teacher unlike the others, resorted to just talking to us and leave us free for the first day. Now, the speciality of the sectional classes is that, there are GIRLS. In my mechanical dept, there are none.....anyway, no hard feelings(cuz it was my decision to choose this branch).

Now, this class was in no way filled with Dunces unlike the Mechanical Department. There are students who are very bubbly in answering , while others are dark horses. I made quite a lot of friends right on the first day.

Next was games. Now, this was the first time we ever had to write about physical fitness during games period!

Alright, 2 days hols and back to college. This time there was some enthu, cuz i didnt want to repeat what had happend on friday, and the other reason was looking forward to my new friends.

That day i had physics, which turned out to be a disaster, but i started liking it as the classes kept going. We also had Engg Drawing...was pretty interesting on the first day, but it turned out to be a headache. But i guess i have to start liking it. On the next day, we had English. Now, this is by far one of the worst subjects for us. Its a nightmare for a lot of students....the lady gives assignments whenever she finds an opportunity.

Days were a drag initially. I looked forward to workshop, and what do i get?A guy with a comical face and a horrible voice. As the workshop was about to end, we were notified about the opening of the various clubs in our college and that we had an innaugration programme. I gladly attended the meeting. It was pretty impressive. I had almost instantly made my mind to join various clubs.

Two weeks up....and wow, no ragging yet(Poor me, i didnt know that one day i will get ragged). Now, i was really sick of wearing formals and stuff like that. I prefered to be an outlaw for a change, by wearing a T-Shirt. Nothing happened on the day i wore it. So i thought, maybe noone bothered about it. I wore it for a second day and i get caught by the seniors and they asked me to come to the Lounge at 5. After gathering a good amount of courage, I went to the Lounge at the prescribed time. To my surprise, i found NOONE there. I was realy excited and i ran to the bus-stop.

I started to learn to speak some proper Tamil for a change. Maybe thats the only one change in me so far at the college.

Well, thats all thats worth talking about my initial days at college!

posted by Mukunda @ 9/08/2006 07:14:00 AM