The day was 29th February year 2008. The only leap year in our b.tech life.
As decided before hand, almost all of us had worn black attire to mark this auspicious day.
(It is said that leap year is the time when its girls' turn to propose. At least I'm sure I wasn't proposed neither on this day nor on the valentines day that preceded it!!)We were smoking our brains out deciding what to do to make the day memorable. There were suggestions of
mass bunking(
as usual!) for the entire day and going for a movie, having a gigantic snack-time at
Wimbies and many more. As I could remember, It was our ex-rep Sailesh who came up with the idea of going all the way to
Kaiparambu, where
Vidya Engineering College is situated, to attend
Perizia, the tech cum cultural fest organized by the computer Sciences and engineering department.
Despite some initial hesitation, we finally decided to give his plan a try. Soon a crowd, numbering between
20 and
30, stepped out from the ongoing
Environmental Studies class(
yes, we do have this!!).
As was obvious, the gathering of "
blacks" caught everyones' attention en route. It so happened that, at
Shakthan Thampuran Bus Stand, three people from our group strayed off to have some
snacks. Not realizing their absence, the rest of us boarded a bus to our destination. The
trio, upon their return were making frantic inquiries about us, when an elderly looking man asked them(
obviously noticing the dress code),"
Are you among the black cats who just left now??"
We reached
Kaiparambu by
12 and waited for the three individuals to catch up. Getting to the college was no piece of cake as we walked the
2 km stretch leading there under the scorching sun. A cargo jeep soon came by and some of us could manage a lift in it till the college. The rest, however, continued tirelessly.
Events at the college were ion full swing as we reached.
Hiran came to meet us upon informing. Some of our seniors were already present, participating in various technical and otherwise contests. The participation was free and so I gave my name for
Quiz, Programming in C and Mobile Photography, along with others.
Quizzing was never this easy. I was in and out of the lab where the event was being held even before I realized. One or two correct answers and that was it!! The words "
You are terminated Mister" beamed at me!!
Next in line was the
Programming Contest Preliminaries. Almost all of us took part in it.
Vinu, Raman and myself were lucky enough to get through into the finals along with our seniors and some other guys. The final was a nightmare and the question was
waaaaaaaaay out of my logics!! Sat for about 3 quarters of an hour and finally wrote the following and came out:
#include
main()
{
printf(" good luck with the event! with love from GEC Devidas\n");
}
:)
It was for the first time that I was participating in a photography contest. This event was more thrilling than the rest, frankly. The task was to click few snaps and present any two that were related to the event "Perizia". Here I include the photos I submitted:
Meantime Rushdie and gang were busy preparing for the
Ad-Zap event. While we were "
busy" with the programming finals , rest of our company left the place to Neetha's home. We soon caught up with them for the photo session that followed. Neetha's identical twin sister, Neema was also present.
The day had , unknowingly become, memorable with all these unexpected turn of events. There were certainly some newbies among us who would other wise restrain themselves to the class. And surprisingly, there were more girls in the group than us!!
Not all are here!Another page added to the diary of
GEC memories, bookmarked to cherish!!
