1st Sem : jun 2004- dec2004
The dawn of an era. An era filled with excitement, anxiety , greed , betrayal , blithe , joy ,sorrows , violence , boredom and the occassional fortnightly cramming.
It all began on this seemingly beautiful, pleasant day of August 2004...the day that changed the lives of 72 people-forever.
The scene: 6 storied white structure with half the floors under renovation, with a bigger car park than a campus, a classroom for a library and a passage for a canteen (though i have to admit most of it has changed now to allow a wi-fi enabled library and air conditioned classrooms).
The stage: A three walled room with a wooden door partition substituting for the 4th. A point necessary to be mentioned here is the opening of the partition into the reading room (which later served as a hidout for those escaping from the torturous lectures).
The cast: News had it that the class was filled with supposedly braniacs (who seemed wierd at first...and most of them still do).
And now the drama begins...
It all began pleasantly..meeting new people; making new friends; exploring the campus; a smooth start to the new chapter of life..of course with the exception of the proffessors warning us to not take the course lightly. well..as if we ever take heed of the advices. It had barely been two weeks in college when the trend that DJ is well known for began-the DJ nites. And the first in line was obviously the freshers party. well..what do I say about it..a perfectly well organised affair with dinner of course.....beginning in the canteen and ending in the workshop!!! What a way to begin it all.
This was then followed by an endless series of unforgettable events. Lots of people...i mean 'professors'.. got screwed. The first in the queue was "MAHAJAN". A remarkable man to say. Called h2so4 as hydrochloric acid. and assignments..oh lets not get started about them. There was an incident when a massbunk was planned for his lecture and everyone found shelter in the hideout as we mentioned before. Unfortunatelly, the devil hunted them all down..one by one. Anyways, it didnt last for long cos..we got him fired. Yes. 60 signatures on a piece of paper; a bakra in the form of CR..and bang..off he goes. But yeah..one thing he did contribute before leaving- he introduced the class to a place called "Pappillon". The second hunt was his replacement: "Mr. Seturaman". A soft spoken old fellow who loved to smoke and used a ringtone of "Saare jahaan se achha" in his cellphone. He didnt need to last for long since the sem was appproaching its end.
As November drew closer the sword of exams hung over our heads. The monster by the name of mechanics almost chopped our heads off. Thankfully most of us managed to sail through the trouble in the coming months.
A pretty..lets call it "eventful" start to the four year journey. I guess this sem pretty much gave us an idea as to what lay ahead. Little did we know that life can take a turn anytime..any moment.
2nd Sem: jan 2005- jun 2005
The 2nd semester somehow managed to have mercy upon us and showed us a lighter side of engineering.Sparing the workshop sessions (where all the donkeywork had to be done by the poor guys of the class while the girls had all the previledges) the sem proved to be a pleasant one. There were the CS on the spot and two minute speeches which got as wierd and whacky as one can imagine anything to be. One thing it showed was that the class had a talent and taste: for CRAZY stuff! Man what speeches! and that wasnt all. It was followed by the first official presentation by the students. the topic: Laser. Impressive to say (that is if we leave aside the problems there were in installing the laptops and projectors and making them compatible). Succesful eventually (after 4 failed sessions ofcourse!). Then came the first first class outing. A movie intended to be a thriller but ended up being a comedy thanks to 2 girls screaming at the silliest attempts of the director to scare the audience. Well..what to say..atleast there was the beginning of a bonding as we call it. This became more evident on the first traditional day of the class. A lunch at Woodlands spent playing musical chairs al over the restaurant and ordering oversized dosas which eventually had to be parcelled for everyone was too full to have any more of them.the end was great as well for around 50% of the class managed a distinction. This came as a pleasant surprise espescially after the expirience pof the 1st sem. Relief joy bliss..you name it it was all there on that day of results.
To sum it up..atleast one thing was sure now: that we will be able to survive.
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