Bleak Prospects (CG and PT)

Yells of — “Oye aakhri bacha hai!! Group mein chalo, group mein!!!” from Ankur – u got it, Counter Strike is in full flow. “Tackle maar saale!! kutte, *****………” is the traditional way conversation takes place between two players of FIFA. Quarell and bickering – well that is what happens if there are 3 people to share 1 PC damn it!!! Constant requests of “yaar mera question upload kar de!!!” and the extravagant shower of praises like – “tu bond hai yaar” and “teri dassi to pakki hai boss” is common to our toppers as long as they stay here. And of course not to forget the several different songs thumping away on several different mobiles. And I would jump off the hostel roof if there aren’t at least 7 movies playing on the computers.

Welcome to the UG1 workspace at IIIT Hyderabad!!! Yes you bet it is fun man. Its the most rocking place in our college. You must be thinking what i am doing here. Well, truth be told I really wasn’t feeling like doing anything (That is the state i am in 25 days of the month. The rest 5 days are either assignment deadlines or exams that bring me out of my torpor.) and suddenly while surfing the net (don’t u dare call it an activity!!) I came across this blogspot and got interested. So here I am writing my first ever web post.

Its been almost 4 months since i came here in mid-July. These months have really passed me in a haze of assignment deadlines, late night movies on the laptops of my seniors, (not to forget the late night practices for the freshers party and the D-Day itself!!), catching up with my sleep on the last benches of classroom, last minute exam preparations, bunking classes and periodic fretting over CGP with Harshit (“abe next sem se pacca ache se padhai karenge. Is baar masti over ho gai”). Phew!!! give me a breather man.. But truly i haven’t enjoyed life over 18 years as i have ever since i came here .

My second semester started a week ago and as for all the promises I made to myself about studying from the first day….. well they are down the drain. I have seen at least 7 movies in 3 days last week ( and of course at the expense of classes) but what can i do when the seniors are so generous in giving away their laptops to us. Physics marks came out today and i managed to score a paltry 55. So a B- grade. “Well, what is the problem?” u ask? My attendence in Physics classes is well below the 85% mark, so i lose a grade and am down to a C. But then, considering that i did not even know the meaning of “Quantum” upto 24 hours before the exam, 40 on 100 is no small feat yaar. And in any case, I have always hated Physics and the way it is taught here makes u want to pull at your hair and shout for mercy to Prof. Harjinder. (Sir if u are reading this, it is just a joke!!) Can’t make out what Prof. Kannan is teaching in class. One has to wonder whether he is teaching us or revising Data Structures for himself. U raelly feel he is reciting some secret mantra or a sacred chant from some Hindu Scripture – it is simply inarticulate sounds that reach your ears no matter where u sit.

I guess Rini sums it all in her Orkut profile – “Oui, mon ami …. cest la vi” (well my friends, life is like that).The crux of the matter is that conditions are pretty much the same as they were in the first semester but i have to try to improve my grades yaar!! They are too low. I have the relief of not having to study English this semester and no ITWS. EWS starts in Jan. so i get a lot of free time up till then!! But i guess all of that will go in reading novels rather than textbooks (lolz) The most daunting task that lies ahead for me this semester is PT (yes u read it right not CG but PT) I have to compelete 1 credit in this semester n that means 40 days of getting up early in the morning ( God give me the strength) Well it is 00:00 so time to sleep (ah!! have to sacrifice my bc time for getting up at 6:00 in the morning). See u later

Sleepless Nights!!!

No I am not a chronic insomniac. No, I have no bank loans to repay. No, I am not on run from the law. And NO (A big one) I am not the classic “my-girlfriend-just-ditched-me” case. Yet I do not sleep in the night. Why?? Because I am an IIITian. The statement speaks volumes as to why I am having to spend sleepless nights since the past 3 days. I am (as usual) caught up in a whirlwind of Assignments on topics I haven’t yet managed to study (was sleeping in class 🙂 ). My midsems are starting on 19 December n just 3 days before that I have a DS Assignment on my head! I mean the TAs do not even consider the fact that we have to study (and PASS) other subjects as well!! Here I am in D-7 OBH-EB with a senior’s laptop trying to study something for the exams and well, there is no paucity of matter for I do not know any subject. So at 11 in the night its me, Harshit, Rahul and Pulkit – each one planning to study the whole night and then catch up with our sleep in the lectures (We all agree that we are lagging so much that trying to pay attention in the class now would be blatant foolishness).

The night starts with each of us picking up a book or a notes copy and getting down to work. Typically 10 minutes into the exercise and Pulkit can’t bear the deadly serious environment. So he starts looking for someone to annoy and Harshit is the easiest target. Slowly he gets onto everyone’s nerve and is forced to listen to long sermons from all three of us (His job done, he opens gtalk and goes busy chatting or perhaps orkutting). Now that the rest of us are distracted, we are joined by two guests of honour – Sathya and Arjun(Beri bechara — its a long story but i promise to discuss it some other day and i swear its a must read).Then ensues a long round of BC, songs on Rahul’s MP4 player and games on his portable video game. At around 3, Beri and Rahul retire for the day (can’t say night) and I somehow pass my time till 6 in the morning when it is time for my yoga class (see last post). And yet after three days i believe we are still on sqaure one as we have not yet submitted a single Assignment question (only 3 days left!!) and we do not know a word of ES, the first paper. But still its a fun experience and i guess we will continue till the exams are over.

Its 6 am now so i have to leave!! See you later. I have a lot more to share.

P.S. 1-I know it sounds strange, but — Pulkit is studying!!! Guess he is finally aware of our dreary state of preparations for the exams. I wouldn’t disturb him. Its not a sight u see often. And it does not hurt anyone to give the devil his bit of the rest!!!

P.S. 2-If he reads this, he’ll be back to normal (read abnormal) today night. Pray he does not. Sometimes change is welcome!!

P.S. 3- What is P.S.??? Do post me in the comments if u do. I never did gather the courage to ask my English teacher.