Wednesday, March 10, 2010

A day during my college times..

      College class start time 10am. Time in my watch 9.50am. I leave my home.. On the way performing self check for all the necessary items comb,watch,wallet,handkerchief,college id card,mentos rolls & most importantly my spectacles. I stand at the ESI bus stop waiting for a BMTC bus, As I pop in my mentos, a bus comes, I board it.. my right hand quietly goes inside my pocket to take out a 2rs coin. The conductor arrives, asks me "Yellige?"(Where?), I say "Next Stop" & hand him the 2rs coin.. He gives me a cold look & says something to the person beside him.. "Eegina kalada hudgru estu somverigal aagidare!, Num kaaldali naanu 10km nedkond hogtide college ge" (Today's boys are very lazy! I used to walk 10kms to my college) I ignore them as my stop comes, I get down.
      Time 9.53am - heading towards the college gate.. spot some familiar faces at the samrat hotel,some known blokes of other departments, I wave my hand at them.. they wave back.. I see the watchmen staring at me.. he refuses to open the gate.. says loudly "ee gate bari teachers ge irodu., Aa kade inda baa" (This gate is meant for teachers, come for the other gate), I give a cold stare at him, head to the other gate, As I arrive the gates are open, I fold my hands pray towards the Lord ganesha temple on the left side inside the college entrance.. The temple bells are struck, I assume that my day would be good & head towards the department.
       Time 9.57am As I'm entering I see the HOD standing outside.. I greet her, she smiles, looks at her watch, doesnt say a word. I head towards the class, I can see our class teacher heading for our class from the staff room, I pretend as if I din't notice her. I move on, taking the staircase. 1st Floor:  I can see some of the juniors standing outside the lab waiting for it to be opened, They look at me & wish "Namskara guru" (Hello senior), I acknowledge them with a smile & move on. 2nd Floor: As i climb up the stairs, I can see some of my last bench classmates standing outside. I head towards them, they all offer me a handshake & say "Good morning maga". I talk to them for sometime & head towards the class, they follow me seeing our class teacher arrive. The class seems noisy as usual, with all the girls chattering, & some boys cracking some rib tickling jokes. I see my usual gang sitting at their respective places. They wave at me, I pass in front of them offering handshakes & sit at my usual place. (Offering handshakes in the morning to your classmates is a gesture of each others presence in the class).. The teacher comes in, no one wishes. Time 10.00am Classes commence:
   1st period: Our class teacher starts her lecture on Simulation, I listen attentively for 5mins the list of topics she's going to cover. Then I start my usual business i.e chat about a random topic with a friend beside me thereby preventing him also from concentrating, as our chat becomes interesting the guys around us also join in.The teacher immediately notices us, she screams my name "Deepak, you shameless fellow! Don't you have common sense, you start talking in the 1st hour of the class.. I'm tired of scolding you everytime.. Pls get out of the class if you are not interested!", I apologise & sit quietly this time. 1 hr passes. period ends.
 2nd period: (Same as 1st period, but this time the teacher do not notice us talking so we continue our discussion from where we left off in the 1st period)

to be continued.................

1 comment:

  1. Yen maga, corparate world enda one hour vapa college ge karkondu hogbittidde...
    Great!!!

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