FUN AND GAMES

Fun and games were anything but. After an interactive session with mr.ram about the event. Then a guy who looked like a cross between P.diddy and Damu the local tailor showed up. We were forced into teams and made to “have Fun” . the details are too painful to mention.

I will draw your attention to a dilbert strip where catbert(I think) gets a contract for teaching aerobics to engineers, cuz “ the others asked for money – you said you’d do it for the laughs” said the pointy haired boss.

PRIZE GIVING

we were marched like a flock of geese to the next venue. It was very hot. And sunny. And we were very thirsty. We saw people reclining on the grass. Someone familiar with Hindu imagery will remember Vishnu reclining on the giant serpent.

After much dilly dallying, the function finally started. They showed us clips from some “rock” concert. I spare you the details. Everyone was squirming. And laughing. I commented : are we in the right room.

2 healthy people from maharashtra got 3 and 2. Sony won 1^st. rather thrilled, I must say. Oh! And his acceptance speech was superb in contrast to the healthy boys’

3^rd : “ I am grateful to wipro (etc etc) I have been practicing a lot for this event. I used to do programming during my holidays

2^nd : “ once I realized I was in the final, I started doing extra questions. I am an electronics student, you see.

Sony : I did no prep. I came to have fun (words to that effect) my partner scolded me for not taking it seriously.

Mr. sadagopan (hope i got it rite) is the director of iiit Bangalore. He gave an interesting speech on what our priorities should be as engineers. The rest of the speeches may have been thought provoking, but I was dozing.

Enfin. The reimbursement. They refused to reimburse the cancellation charges we had to suffer cuz they rescheduled the event at the last moment. They couldn’t provide us with transport immed. We could get a bus if we waited till past 7.

We were asked to surrender our tickets for the reimbursement. Ms menon tried to take our return tickets also. This led to a situation that wd have bn funny.

We finally ended up having to pay thru the nose 4 the auto ride. It was a very dusty and bumpy ride. We were asked to be ready by 7 pm when Chris’ father would come. Everyone except Chris was ready. Like I said, “When it is someone else’s father, you tend to be on time.”

Rohit would be taking a flight to trivandrum.
Uncle gave us dinner at a nice place. The food was nice and we all ate with relish. We were really hungry. Chris had left nearly half of her food behind. I was hungry enough to have that too and perhaps if uncle wasn’t there, I may have. [:)]

We reached the station just in time 2145. The train was a bit late. We stood at the platform discussing marriage and duties of wives.

COIMBATORE

0630

I woke up and looked down from my middle berth to see Chris and sherin combing their hair. We soon reached the station. After waiting for about 45 mins at the platform, we trooped to KR bakes opposite the station. (btw, this station has no overbridge, it’s under!)

KR coimbatore is just like KR in Kerala in terms of customer service : eat if u want to. KRcoimbatore is horribly unclean and you need a gasmask to enter the toilet.

The next train was also late. Renu Sony and I checked our weights and fortunes, while the other 2 girls totally refused! we looked at some Caucasian tourists and wondered why they were there.

And finally, in the train.

We play with the motoming photoediting sw, gave sony a French beard.

Back Home

we got off at north. Took a bus home. Tada! End of trip