I had already missed a few classes and coping was a bit difficult that too in such circumstances. The classes were held in the 2nd floor of the insti building and reaching there cud have been difficult but thank god!!! there is a lift.
The first few days were really arduous. Doing my daily works were difficult. I was living just on painkillers and steroid. Those days were tensed ones. Even doubt aroused in my minds if I m going to walk again or not. I missed playing TT and going out. Thanks to Vivek for the lifts on his bicycle that I was able to reach the classes. A depressed mind and a handicapped body was a very dreadful condition. Most of the times were spent on my laptop browsing, playing and watching movies. Add to that the lift becoming defunct was another problem. But what I am proud of myself is that I didn’t miss even a single class those days. The jogging classes were another problem. Waking early and going there even if to take attendance was a problem taking into view of my condition. And those merciless P.E.Ts… ohh what a mess??
One weekend I set out for bbsr for my MRI check at Kalinga Hospital, dad met me there at bbsr. Only after the MRI scan it was clear that I was having a Meniscus tear rather than rheumatoid arthritis and I was under wrong treatment till then.
Meanwhile this tear was never going to prevent me from pursuing what my interest were. We prepared for the tech-fest with our parallel port bots made just 1 day before the competition and our line follower bot. Our twin bots (American muscles with lock head) made their way to the quarters easily. But my bot ended its journey there losing to the ultimate winners. The other bot went on to the semis but ended 4th. And our line follower didn’t work at all. Suraj, Alok and me came 3rd in physics quiz. It was really good for a change and a distractor from the pain. But I skipped the spring fest to be at home. But returned to just catch up with the celebrity night (ended mid way due to the stone throwing).
Time went on and my tear too receded. Now I am fit again. At least started to ride my bicycle. And now comes the mid sem. The exams went really well except Data Structure. Sometimes being overconfident pays and it was one of those circumstances. Even after looking at the question paper, I was confident of getting full marks but ended up getting half of it. But getting full marks in Math ( thanks to GKP) gave greater pleasure then the disappointment due to DS.
The remaining sem went as usual. Enjoyed the farewell party of Cyborg and Bam zone. Pressure was on me to prepare for IIT-JEE. But getting CSE in IITs is impossible, so no preparing ( :P). Neways gave the IIT exam without much hope. The end sems are now closer, and this time was confident of making it at least into the 9 pointers.
The first exam exam was Physics and went well. And the second was DS. I was confident of making up what I wasted in the mid sem. That day I spent teaching others rather than reading myself, this is what my confidence was.
That scene is still loud and clear in front my eyes. A lesson I am never going to forget in my whole life. I know those events will haunt my whole life. DS question paper was on my desk and with confidence I am on it. Confident of doing well. ***some text missing***
The evening I attended the MALCO meeting. Could still remember the brute smile on the face of the profs. it was decided that I was going to get 2 Grade Backs but nothing was finalized.
The other exams went as usual. Who can expect to recover from such a shocker so soon???
It is now the summers and I am back at home. BITSAT was on the line and for some times I thought it as a good escape route from all these mess that are happening at rkl. Meanwhile I joined a JAVA course to keep myself engrossed and do something productive in the vacation. The results soon came out and there was another jolt awaiting. My score was 7.87.
Never in my dreams have I thought of getting such low score. It is only later I realized that the paper for DS was scratched and I have to reappear the exam. At my home during the vacation i caught chicken pox. but the bad news doesn't end here. Soon BITSAT was closer, and I was least prepared. I had to give the exam with the chicken pox still on and the performance was dismal. And then, my laptop gets stolen (oooops). AM I DONE YET???????
I had to pay a visit to rkl to give the supplementary exam for DS. Got some chances to meet some friends who were doing summer courses there. And soon the vacs were coming to an end. And time to return to rkl. But this time determined to be a new me. The lessons had been learnt.
The third semester was a easy going one. The subjects were relatively easy and hope was there to fetch some better marks. It was also time to get involved in other works. At cyborg, we started our work on AGV even if our attempt proved futile later. Also tried to make an amphibot for vahaan, but that too didn’t work as it did well in water but not on land :'(. Time went on. Everything went on as usual. Enjoyed the birthday bashes of alok, vivek and my own :P. Soon the semester ended.
And now the winter vacation. But having decided to two courses in the winter has backfired. The days have been really hectic. But anyways had taken out some time to roam around some of the places around bbsr. What I enjoyed most in the vacation was the visit to nicco park and gopalpur beach when I was back at bam on a Sunday. Finally the vac ends. Not have been quite an enjoyable one, but happy to get some experience being in a new place all by own.
And now I am finshing this article while I am still on the train on my way to rkl. Spending the zero night on the train is a new experience. Roamed around the train wishing new year to anyone who looked familiar.
What a year it had been!!! Lets see what is in the store for the upcoming year.
