Introspection-II

i just realised i finished a whole semester that should account for celebrations right?
and some nostalgia........ why so soon u may ask well only because next month this time new things will pre-occupy me and then all these images in my head wil turn sepia to blurry to simply non-existence and besides pictures i want to record some written ode's for posteirity.

lets start at the beginning.............. i have a lot of free time and un interuppted access to the desktop tday woohoo!!!

so 50 years record rainfall and i thought all that water in the fields was for growing paddy. ;-)
through the train i saw people catch zillions of tiny fishes in the water logged near the train tracks it made for good amusement for me and alot of worry for my dad. poor thing he was the only one who understood the gravity of the situation me and ma were more into soaking the atmosphere with ma reminiscicing about her project in the state.

so we reach i expect a city or a quaint place like u see in uttarakhand okay so that about the extent of my travel in north india not saying i have travelled extensively in south india.
we reach a place where every second shop looks like a hardware shop with tyres hanging. those few hours i was freaking out........... majorly freaking out. i had heard it was trade city but that day seriously all i saw were black grubby tyres everywhere. i ve returned since to those roads but never have they felt as dismal as they felt that day.

then proceeded the magnanimous effort of finding a place to park the luggage change and call as a temporary home till i am safely 'put' in the hostel. if i get into those details i will spend and entirety of a lifetime describing the comedy of errors so lets just skim the details roughly after alot of over hauling going up coming down lugging the suitcase here lugging it there spotting a few seniors having some ice- cream (they were in formals and even then i had guessed it wasnt the sort of place where the youth would randomly all congregate in black pants and coat in tow)
we found a place that seemed pretty central why there was a huge market bang in front so reaching the uni shouldnt be a daunting task.

then we all bathed and simply flopped and slept. actually my parents slept while i secretly went nuts!!

then a visit to the ATM to teach me the operations a rough rekky of the place and we were off to see the campus and get me registered. after being very thoroughly over charged we reached the place. my heart still pounding a thousand beats a minute. i finally breathed a sigh of relief when i entered the place and saw all the seniors coming in with their suitcases hugging their classmates and being generally very happy to be back. so i surmised such mass happiness cannot be a chimera. people exist here. normal looking students. no sight of a cycle tyre in sight. they all seem to be happy. everyone is independant no one has their parent lugging their luggage for them so face the facts ure in a university university. not a dress parade finally! i breathed a big sigh of relief and never felt that anxiety ever again.

so that done the whole confusion of the admission done.
from being amongst the first to join the hostel, to that eventful first night of talking non-stop for hours i -oh man- was like a drunk person baring their soul. poor S oh and S lol!! dont want to be reminded of that stupidity. but we made very ambitious goals that night. its to be seen if we lived up to them or not.

okay so i have got admitted in the uni and in the hostel. then is learning experience of getting ready in 20 min in a broken bathroom in formals and looking a dapper for the first day. i believe we did with a flourish and style that has yet to be matched. lol!

so the first day introductions- ORIENTATION- the mess lines me blabbering on incessantly. i realized then that everywhere besides the stage if i get nervous i talk and talk and talk and mostly giberrish of the top of my head and very very fast.

oh lets skip all that already my memory is a bit scanty that night the dinner me mistaking one of my favourite profs now for the outlook express editor. the apples falling speach. the awesome dinner. the only time when rain poured when i was happy so i could look up and say very caustically "pathetic fallacy again" humph!

the making of new friends, the last night with my parents maybe i am confusing the order a bit. all i remember is when i was all happy and excited about law school i completely forgot about my parents and left them with a quick and cursory hug and a get out already!! my life's begin ive spent a long enough time with u guys ;-)
ADHD- naaaah! just excitement.

okay so for the first month me and S would sit at our bench 3rd from the front in the 2 row from the right and would literally race to save it for ourselves. i dont remember clearly who picked it out me or her. well even fought some localites once for coming before the bus arrived and "stealing" our seats. with no words though we simply hifted them and pretended to be innocent of all foul play.;-)

the first month was interesting, with visits to the library walking on foot to every place in raipur to know the city. and we did know the whole city like the back of our hands by the end of that month. we had eaten as a group in almost every place. the rikshaw accident- oh lord!!!!
the guys knew all their watering holes and paan walas. the classes were amazing, interactive and fun. we even listened with rapt attention to "in the ancient" but somewhere in "mediwall" the momentum was lost and by the "Arungeer and wilcox came" seats had got shifted there was the seperation into the cyber cafe the go between and the paathshala.

by the second month we were part of the uni. making our own ruckus doing our thing. the trips to the library became fewer. lockers were acquired. my lappie arrived in grand style. the first evening spent on campus listening to debates. the seeds of romance were sown alot of change. good times.

then was the 'enabling' of the "blue-toe" the ending of the midterms culminating in going back home for medical reasons. ooh i forgot we had the article writing thing and the moot thing which was immense fun filled us up with purpose and awe for some seniors.

after the trip back home things changed............ i changed too. the class was alot more mature. like the changing in cards show a change in your fortune the shifting of places around the classroom changed its dynamics. i parked myself before the plug point.
okay rest in next dinner time................................ hunger calling!