Sunday, July 18, 2010

Engineers.............are they???

engineering......for aspirants---the word fills his/her mind wid flashes of jee, aieee...drifting them in a dream whr they crack iit n get a top slot in iit k, get a grt cgpa of 9.8, become a gold medallist, get placed in an MNC and so on and so forth.....they get deeper into the maze of dreamland until BANNGGG.............the results pull them back to reality....

the worst part starts then.....not evryone is lucky (and has high intelligence level) to crack the IITs or even NITs....the rest of the crowd (this section comprises majority) has to go into the lesser known world of prvt universities, prvt colgs....
then the nightmare starts.......searching thru newspapers, internet, magazines....gathering all info abt the colgs and tapping the most reliable source(v consider) --- thru ppl studyng thre....(and somehow the most reliable sources r the ones to giv the worst feedback!!)

exploring the options....scrutiny of every aspect of the colgs starts...getting satisfied with the campus photographs(ghossh.. i pictured my colg to be much more beautiful!!)....fees structure..faculty...hostel..
location...the list goes on n on...

after a month of mental torment..a colg is pin pointed that is okayed by the parents in each area.......the great ordeal of admission starts from the many rounds to the colg...
talking to many ppl....submitting innumerable photocopies of marksheet....filing out forms...pasting photos..choosing branch................phewww...tiring wrk!!

but the outcome is quite pleasant(initially it sounds to be).....the mind again drifts into another dreamland...though the dream overall remains same jus the place changes--this tym its the new colg!!

the engineer-to-be wears a look of victorious warrior, who has won an arduous battle....the preparation fr the colg lyf starts weeks before...shopping list consists of every article possible to make us feel at home in hostl....then advices from all corners pop up(adding to the confusion)...

the big day arrives....first day in colg...with hearts fluttering, butterflies in stomach, the 'first yrs' embark upon their graduation... the seniors eye the junior most batch like a hawk...and then..there goes the most feared part...ragging!!

ragging starts from a quiet intro (generally in 'shuddh' hindi) to being lizard, rabbit..(and evry possible animal...)......ragging attains its peak in the boundaries of the hostels.....from being superman to playing live 'mario', 'prince of persia'..from being ridiculed to wishing '90degree' morning and evening to seniors...from sayng yes to evrythng they say to dancing n singing to the tunes of 'atthanni chawanni'.............all this makes helps foster a jovial n friendly atmosphere(huhh...everyone knows nothing friendly happens during ragging... rubbish!!)

gradually as frst yrs settle down in their lyf..get rid of homesickness(though it never wears off)...get comfrtable wid d internals n externals(both go hopeless, in any case)...its tym for them to move on to being the seniors...(yess...it is indeed that fast!!)
tym really flies....their juniors come...they r ragged...n so on...

the in between span comprises of waking up late till early morning...pangs of sudden homesickness...peer pressure fr various thngs(ya ya...u got it..i mean "those" things only)...hitting the worst low marks till date...attendance shortage......but the memories r born out of these.....going to places on weekend wid d group(gang is more appropriate though..)....bunking lectures to catch the frst day show of the muvi(generally the silliest muvis)....njoying labs as if they r meant specially for gossipping...talking to ur crush...leg pulling...sharing--jus evrythng..food, notes, books..in shrt--ur soul(dats 100% true!!).....

the only tym that an engineering student is really worked up is the semester xam(of course...wen u njoy the whole sem..dats wat happens!!)....parents expect the same marks as that in school(god plz...make them understand its no child's play to score marks here..)...last night preparation...going sleepless for days at stretch...suddenly renouncing all worldly pleasures(dat excludes msging, facebuking n gossiping..).....tryng to stuff as much as possble in the little grey cells in one night.......the result is generally "average"(thankfully...bcoz the worst is expected)!!

suddenly one day..the realization dawns upon the students that it is the final year...they wil walk out as 'engineers'(i know i know....every single engineer laughs at himself/herself silently..wondering wat exactly did he/she did to have this degree..).....but they surely take a joyful memorabilia with them...friends for lyftym(yah...those bunch of ppl who stood by their side throughout...coz they wer equally crazy!!)...and a tag of 'Engineer'!!!!!

3 comments:

  1. awesome! life of an engineer cannot be explained in a better and censored way than this! post suits everyone! brilliant! :)

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  2. thnx!!
    wished to write more...but had to censor maannyy things...!! ;)

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  3. seems u have lived every moment of what you have mentioned above.. B positive, all will be fine soon :-)

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