28 May 2009
As they say, being a graduate makes you wiser. I've just been hit by this and realize the true potential of this statement. Am in a very 'pheelosoofikal' mood here. The answer to life, the universe, and everything may be '42′ according to Douglas Adams and Google, but engineering's a totally undiscovered world, a parallel universe. Experience speaks, so here are THE commandments that will help get you through college.
1. Thou shall not attend more than required to keep thyself away from trouble.
2. Thou shall not make more than 1 notebook each year.
3. Thou shall be ready to bunk lectures at a moment's notice.
4. Thou shall not question the sanctity of thy canteen.
5. Thou shall avoid Satan's followers (troublesome teachers and pesky lab-assistants) at all cost.
6. Thou shall respect thy lecturer and keep thy eyes open while dozing.
7. Thou shall run like the wind to keep away from the Devil's lair (principal's cabin).
Amen!
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18 May 2009
RK (aka Ramkumar) is so sincere these days. But the fellow can't keep his masti under control when studying in a group, so he goes to the library like a good boy. I tend to think of it as the place where people go to punish themselves when they do a bad deed. Being in an adventurous mood, I decided to check out the phenomenon.
I stepped inside and thought I had gone deaf. As my prof used to say, 'pin-drop silence' (used to irritate me quite a bit…if the pin dropped, it would still make a teeeny-weeny bit of sound. Then why call it silence??). Anyway, I went to the clerk to explain that I didn't have an id card, but wanted a test drive before buying the car. She was more concerned though about the amount of noise I was making.
I saw RK and waved enthusiastically. The guy beside looked at me like I was showing my 'election finger'. I tiptoed my way to the chair stack and tried pulling one out, but the damned thing was stuck. I put my foot on the stack and pulled out the top one with some force, which sent the stack back with a mighty screech. Almost everyone stopped reading and looked up. I curved my mouth into what seemed like a friendly half-smile and said 'Sorry', which echoed on the walls and came on as a boom. The girls in front rolled their eyes. Think they were wondering what the bumbling idiot was doing amongst their species…
I had to carry the chair to sit beside RK, but the path was covered with people of all shapes and sizes, and their books with the 500+ pages. I exhaled, lifted the chair over my head like I would carry Ganpati Bappa and began my journey towards the divine light (sunrays from the open window). The mass of people again turned up their heads and stared. I think they were speechless as they hadn't encountered anyone making a sound over half a decibel! I kept my focus on RK, who was half amused, half embarrassed, slowly walked upto him and sat down…phew, that was fun!
I opened my book (thinnest paper solution I could find, had less than 100 pages)…omg!! I could feel my concentration level suddenly rise up. After about 10 mins, I looked to my left at RK's giant sized reference book, then told him I was bored. After pestering him for half an hour, we finally called it a day. I got up and the chair screeched. Before those exasperated eyes hit me again, we ran out. Dang! One more day like this and am through…
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01 May 2009
A friend was trying to convince me to leave my bike (Hero Honda Passion) home and travel by trains. His logic:
(a) It would reduce pollution in the city.
(b) It would save fuel, thus there would be enough left for my grandchildren.
It seems easier to go to college on a bike (10 mins from home) instead of taking an autorickshaw to the station, fight into the crowded train, then get down at Nerul and walk the entire stretch. Besides, I am saving the planet. Here's how…a rick can accommodate 2-3 people, so those people would use it to get to the station and travel by train instead of taking out their individual bikes, which means that much less CO2 in the air….DUUH!
I also asked my bike to drink Gatorade, but she's very persistent and won't give up on Petrol. Seriously now, the next 2 decades will see highly efficient vehicles which don't depend on petroleum based fuels. Then America's dream of selling their oil reserves at sky-high prices would be smudged, stamped on, ignored and laughed at. And my grandchildren and great-grandchildren would roam about in a solar powered moped without blaming me for using up all the world's petrol.
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