SUBMISSION OBSERVATIONS

I have a thing for different processes' in Engineering Colleges. Last year it was VIVAS. This time I want to throw light on process that student-teachers practice jointly during SUBMISSIONS

1. Submissions can never take place in the time slot assigned. If a time slot of 9-11 is assigned, submissions will start at 10.30 and will continue for the rest of the day.

2. First question you are asked after your journal is signed is - Kaunsa grade aaya.

A typical conversation would involve

A: Kya grade diya

B: A+

A: Mereko toh A hie diya rey. Mera impression acha hai na (:P expression on his face)

B: Lowest grade toh C+ hai rey. Aur tereko pata hai kya, Person X itna chatta tha, lekin fir bhi B+ hie grade mila.

C: Arey A, usne kya viva liya kya?

A: Nahi rey, kuch dekha bhi nahi.Ekdum mast sign kiya journal par.

3. You start writing you write-ups only 1 week before yout submissions. 

4. The 'paper management' that an engineering student can do is  unbeatable. Consider you have 5 subjects, 8 write ups per subject and 4 pages per write up. That makes it 5*8*4 pages/papers. First part of management is asking for journal sheets/assignments sheets from your friends. Second part is filling the sheet with whatever crap you want to. Third part is sharing that crap with friends for them to fill up their sheet. Fourth part of management is getting all those sheets from your friends and arranging them in a particular order. 

Ask anyone else to do this in a span of 1 week and you'd know the difference. :P

5. Drawing diagrams: The LHS of your journal sheet is always meant to be left blank untill the last day. You never draw your diagrams when you write your write-up. You keep it till the end.  

Others will be added later. :P

David Shepherd dies :-(

I don't know why but I'm sad that David Shepherd is no more. He was one of the best umpires I've seen officiating in a cricket match. I still remember his jump when the score used to be 111,222 and so on. I'm sad because I remember in 12th, I once had an argument with a friend when she claimed that Umpire David Shepherd had died and she was quite confident about it when it was some English County cricketer with the same name who had died. The first thing when I read this news, I sms'd her about his death. :-(

His pragmatic approach earned him respect from not only players but cricket fans like me as well. 

My condolonces to David Shepherd's family. 

May his soul rest in peace. :-(

How?

Two years and 3 months and I have not enjoyed the days I used to. The fun I used to have. The enthusiasm lacks. The smile I sported. I no longer want to get out of my house and enjoy the day. The whole festive feel is missing. 

Here is the question: Why?

9-5 schedule, no vacation and of late - Monday tests are the main reason.  

I have college from 9 in the morning to 5 in the evening every single day except Saturdays' and Sundays'. I remember as a child how excited I used to be about Ganpati, but the last 3 ganpatis, before I can actually enjoy it, its time for visarjan. I used to visit the ganpati mandal from my old colony at least three times in the span of 10 days even after I shifted from there to this new place. Last 3 years, I have been in engineering and I can't find time to go there at all. At the end of the day, at 5 pm I am too tired to actually go to my old colony and then get back home to get to college the next morning. Of course, bunking would do, but its not always feasible. This year, Ganesh Chaturthi could not be enjoyed because of Monday tests. It was just the second monday test and being totally unprepared was not something that anyone in the college followed, though late on, we were used to coming for the test totally unaware of the syllabus. The whole Ganesh festival feel is missing. You have your daily routine and the routine is too taxing to allow you to enjoy any festival.

Diwali - During school days, a 20 day break meant that Diwali was thoroughly enjoyed. Now, we have 4 days holiday for Diwali, only public holidays are given off and other off days are compensated with us working on Saturdays. Why cannot even engineering students be given at least a weeks off for Diwali. Any ways the holiday wouldn't help because Diwali coming during submission time means that we have loads of pending work. I am not blaming any one for this situation but something has to change. We need to be allowed to enjoy at least some days in a year. Many feel that the in 4 years of engineering, every day should be devoted for academics alone. And the many don't include students. Earlier after Dassera, I used to wait eagerly for Diwali and now even before I realise, Diwali is already here. Gone are the days, I used to wait for the day I used to buy new clothes. Now, I need to find time to go and buy them. Around a year or 2 earlier, I was ready with new set of clothes 15 days in advance and now I went out and got shirts for myself on the day of Dhanatrayodashi or Dhanteras.  

I can't even enjoy New Years' Eve. Exams from December 1st week to January 1st week mean that new years even cannot be enjoyed. Though, we friends do meet up it would be so different if we didn't have exams going on. 

I want to enjoy all the above days. 

My question: How??

THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T VOTE

YOU SUCK 

(and this doesn't include people who went to the polling booth and were told they cannot vote)

Long time since a blog update. I can't think of anything to fill in this space. A few months back, I could at least boast of having an active blog. Now, I can't do that either. :-(

SOMEBODY HELP!!! 

RANDOM PUNE STUFF

Pune - My second home. If I ain't in Mumbai, 90% of the times I will be spending my time @ Pune. I just love Pune and (not quite) the people there except ofcourse my cousins which is the primary reason I go to Pune in the first place. 

Some random Pune crap. Some incidents.

The day after I gave my MH-CET to get into 4 years of jail. 

I had booked a ticket for the 10.30 am MSRTC Shivneri bus to Pune from Chembur Maitry Park. I'm punctual except if it comes to meeting up with friends. If we schedule to meet at 6.30, I will reach at 6.45 and still be the first person. On this day, I reached Maitry Park at 10.10 am. There is this bus which reaches Maitry Park at 10.15. Another Shivneri and I'm asked by the driver for my ticket. I tell him that I have a 10.30 bus ticket. He tells me to get onto the bus and directs me to the last seat which is very very uncomfortable. I curse my decision to board this bus when I have a 10.30 bus ticket which guaranteed me seat number 1 (the one behind the driver) . It is certainly comfortable than the last seat on the bus. I cursed and cursed. For 30 mins. I was still unhappy with myself. 

I reach Pune and then hear the news that the 10.30 bus met with an accident and the driver died in the accident.  Anything could have happened to me. I might have escaped with minor injuries or would have had permanent defects or died as well. Anything! 

That day I thanked God. A government bus driver asks me to board the bus for which I had no ticket. This might never happen with any govt. agency but it happened with me and I escaped an accident. 

Pune and CADB

No! I'm not talking about mechanical engineering stuff. It's chocolate that I'm talking about. 

Chocolate Ice cream + Chocolate Milkshake (with butter) + grated chocolate. 

Glass 3/4th the size of beer glasses they show during cricket and football matches in spectators hands. 

Price: Rs 30/- only

Awesome stuff!!! 

Some more Pune incidents/stuff later!!