Thats the entrance to my home away from home...the epicenter of fun, excitement, depression, hard work, movies, friends, people...and everything that one might ask for(excluding an air conditioner anyway)..
July 28,2008
My boarding into my room...room 373A(the 'A' is insignificant)...climbed up two floors with my baggage...moving into anything is tough(no pun intended)..and this was no exception..it was not funny by any chance..but it reminded me of the daunting tasks ahead...in life...in everything..
The Next day
First day at college...Went ok...was to report to my dept office...received an introductory speech from different people in the next few days...a former director of a nuclear facility in India explained about how he was often left fuming due to people's ignorance about his field(which would soon become my field)..it was a humorous evening..also reminded me that this field i am going to plunge in wasnt going to be easy..
you might be wondering about the serious tone of this post so far...well...well...what to say...just be patient na..:D..
August 2nd week,
Hostel quadrangle...i was sitting on the grass watching my seniors play cricket(i think two other freshies-first years-joined them in the cricket too)...my roomie was sitting besides me...a 2nd year senior was sitting beside him...this was supposed to be called "interaction" because it was not interaction...(he he..it was ragging :P)..
Senior:What do u think of porn?
Roomie:i havent watched a lot of porn and all in my life
Senior:then what kind of porn have you watched?
Roomie:a kinda "soft" porn
Senior:"soft" porn???(smirks)does that mean there is some "hard" porn too?
Roomie:yup..as far as i know
Senior:then differentiate the two
Roomie:soft porn is where you dont get offensive stuff...hard porn is where you get the hardcore stuff..
Senior:"hardcore"????suppose i give u a mallu(malayalam)porn movie...how would you classify that??
Roomie:soft i think
Senior:i say its hardcore...what say....(and the rod is driven in deep...aka..the "interaction" goes on)
as it becomes too boring for me to be waiting to be ragged i go to my room..
That Night
Roll call: A kind of attendance taken by the seniors during the first weeks of the college..it is actually to ensure that the seniors get used to the freshies...they put some fundaes occasionally(i know i am using a fair bit of jargons....it will become clear to you as we go on)...After knowing that i am a "tam" all the tam second years call me for interaction...but they couldnt land their hands on me then...so they put it off for the next night..
Next night:
I go into one of the seniors rooms...a whole bunch of them are stuffed inside the room...awaiting their prey...i enter..they welcome me and take up their positions...first question...Put Intro da....i put my best...next question..did u have any crush??..."no".."wat???absolutely none?"...."no...i did like one girl though"...."so wats that called according to you?"...."admiration"(they get real pissed).....another question..."who is your fav actress??".....i say the name of a leading south indian actress....follow up question..."suppose that actor knocks your door completely naked and you are alone in that room..what will you do??"......."open the door and go to sleep"....(now they get really pissed..they wanna hammer me)...luckily roll call was supposed to be conducted then...and i ran away........great escape!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 3rd week:
Introduction to porn..ya...thats what i would like to call it....the whole week the focus of everyone in my wing was to learn more about porn(you see...your hormones induce you into such actions)....one night....6/7 guys were stuffed in a room...3/2 hours of porn...lights off...superb sound quality of the laptop...(not so sheer enjoyment though...i like only the foreplay :(....but the enjoyment of others carried me on)...this trend continued for a while...and soon one of the guys managed to download 10GB of porn(ya..take that)...and we did see most of them(actually they were more of sex jokes than porn).....the culmination to this all was american pie one...about 10 guys...one room..and a superb comedy running before your eyes...now imagine that......:D
August end,one night:
I was walking past the first floor when a senior called me...he was in his fourth year(that was bad you see....the more the years you spend at the col...the more proficient is your interaction)...he stopped me all of a sudden and asked me to put intro..(frankly i had not seen him before that night...and i was a little nervous..but i did put a decent intro)..
He:had any crush?
Me:nope
He:no???absolutely nothing??
Me:i guess not..
He:do u mastarbate atleast??receive erections??
Me:yup...at times..
He:you havent got that by looking at any of the girls?
Me:nope(he knew this was a lie)
He:u gay?
Me:cha...no...
He:have u atleast liked a girl??
Me:ya...sure...
He:then wat do u call it..
Me:admiration(he was not pissed with this reply really)..
He:do u know the difference between crush and admiration?
Me:nope...(he explains the difference)...
all of a sudden..
He:your name is Impotent da...you will be called that way from now on...ok na?
Me:ya...ok..no problems..
He:chalo...all the best...
Me:thank you..
And i had got my "insti" name..
Post Mid sem-September:
successfully seen off mid semester exams...on the day the exams ended we guys from our hostel decided to go to a nearby foodcourt...we walked nearly 10 mins...but we were astonished to find the entire freshies's batch there having food!!!!!!!!OMG...so many dead tongues!!!!!!!hail the mess caterers...
October 1st week, Shaastra:
I think it was day two of the golden edition of shaastra..chemical x prelims...myself and my friend go to the prelims...20 questions...no idea for about 12 of them...my friend panics....i think real crap...write shit(the prelims was a written round)...come out..evening 3.45...the cord of chemicalx calls me up..."machi you r selected for the final da...come at about 5.30 to the chemistry dept".....me shocked!!!!!!!wtf!!!!!!!...
finals:
they gave 5 samples which we should replicate...i mix something and get one of the answers!!!!!!and i do that again and get another!!!!!!...my friend uses his geniuses and does two more...we run out of time...i come to know the next day that we won the second place..
then came to know that thinkin crap pays...
shaastra again:
this time how things work...no idea again for most questions...i think crap(again)...write shit(again)...get selected among the top 25...free t shirt cap and bag........OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!thinking crap is priceless....
if u did think the above paragraph was very abstract...well it reflects the way i was thinking during those events...
October 2nd week,Midsem 2:
this was the first time i tried group studying...it was kinda fun...it was even more fun to sit in the exam hall and blink knowing nothing...but the greatest fun is looking around and seeing none of those seated in the hall doing the same thing that i do...good experience...but exam performance was not so good:(....but that was expected......and one real funny incident was that one morining i woke up so late that i hardly had time to eat breakfast(coz if i did i would be late for the exam)...so i entered the mess...took off four bread slices and walked off eating it!!!!!!!!!...but really suffered from hunger an hour after the exam :(.....
November end, Semester Exams:
I had never seen such rains lash the city...i mean...it was raining continuously for three days...fantastic weather...the weather which u completely hate during exams...you just dont get the "mood" to study..and despite all this background we were facing the most important exams in our college life yet..
Friday Night:
was very nervous, had Engineering Drawing(ED)exam the next day..had already "cup"ped in the ED midsem exam...was staring down the barrel..was studyin along with two other guys...the best part was...i was the only one who was trying to study in that room...
Saturday Night:
In spite of the inclement weather and the lack of "enthu" in the room i studied, i had pulled off ED well...Divine intervention really...so was pretty happy...Had Chemistry exam on monday(quantum mech, thermo, kinetics :(..)...but 4 guys in one room was too much of a crowd to study...so night 10 30 we decide to watch varanam aayiram(a tam movie which was released a week back then)...the movie was ok...but we all enjoyed the first half romance in the movie and the second half "mokkai" in the movie...we were especially pissed that the hero slept with both the heroines(i mean...the hero had a love first..he slept with her..she died then..then another love...slept with her..and later married her)...it was too much to bare...anyways we lasted the movie...and by 1 30 the movie was done and so were we...
Sunday:
Started quantum mech along with my friend after breakfast(about 9 in the morning)...reading reading and reading(seriously its very boring...quantum that is)...by afternoon one more guy had joined us..and atlast we finished quantum mech by 8 in the night :(...and other two guys gave up by 2 in the night...i stayed up till 3 to finish as much as possible in the other topics...tiring night really..
Monday:
did decent chemistry...then the next exam was thermo..we put peace really...slept late in the night...i think about 2...
Tuesday:
the alarm went off at 7 30...i switched off the alarm(instead of putting it in the "snooze" mode which was my practice)...my friend did the same...and suddenly he wakes up at 8 30...and wakes me up simultaneously saying.."machi....its 8 30 da...exam at 9!!!!!!!!"...i was shocked...thanked God coz he woke up otherwise it would have easily been a make up exam(and lower grades)...quickly went to my room..changed clothes and went to the exam...the exam was tough!!!!!!!!and anyways i was already drenched in rain..so the performance didnt matter :D...
Friday:
ID exam...(aka, Introduction to Design).."sappa" exam really...but we really wanted to insult the exam by being awake till 3 30 the last night :D.. woke up at 7 30 in the morning and i went to my hostel...due to the excessive rains the previous night my hostel had been flooded...it was knee deep water...i did wade thro the water to get my id card(ya...it was a not-so-intelligent move)...and that afternoon i was filled with a sense of relief...exams over and a month holiday...vacated the room the next day and went home peacefully...(i thought i deserved the peace coz i had seen off one sem in full)...
To be continued....
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