‘INDEPENDENCE’ after exams n holidays??

just 5weeks into WIMWI, and we’ve already finished SLOT1…..

we have 6slots in this academic year with a total of 23.5credits (each credit requires an average of 100hours of work including the 20-24class sessions)… and we are required to prepare for the next day’s class (3sessions - 75minutes each) on an average of 6-8hours…

forget it, already we finished first slot exams on 5th august…. it was relatively easier than expected… cool..

straightaway, i catched the ‘RAJDHANI’ train (the first available mode of travel on that night) to my home and reached home in 24hours…. the indian luxury train ( for me it was a bit more expensive as i had to pay 2days fare - starting from delhi - for one day usage) stood up to its reputation of service & hospitality which is worth mentioning in any column….

the ‘ROOMBOY’s’ service was wonderful with a unique attitude, each time they found me asleep during “FOOD hours” they pulled my blanket and never allowed to refuse the cuisine at any cost… and believe me, we had 6 courses (of food) scheduled for a day… awesome…

i was quite excited to see my lil one, who had drastically changed from what i have seen two months b4. Logically too it was true, as she had passed one-third of her life (so-far) in the mean time (4months to 6months). so the change was as significant as a 40year old becomes 60years (one-third)… SWEET :)

more was waiting for me, as we had a unique gathering of all our siblings (7 in all) and mom who lives in 7tropicals of the world. this was a well-planned holiday, and the junta had travelled all the way from medina, dubai, hyderabad, trivandrum, palakkad, ernakulam & ofcourse ahmedabad to gather at MYTHRI MANZIL (our home) after a long long time… (the previous get-together was approx. 18months b4)… to add fun all the children were also there…

the saddest part was, ofcourse, it didnt last more than 3days for me and i had to pack back on 10th morning… as already i had missed classes on 9th, i couldn’t afford any more chances and so i took the morning flight to mumbai and a train to ahmedabad (naturally, to save the costs… ) and reached back the campus at 2300hrs…

only to find that, the schedule for this slot is much more hectic than it was in the first slot… 3sessions on each day (and most of the saturdays are working as well) and 8 subjects too… back to the same ‘old new’ terrain… sleepless nights followed by the sleepy days (in class) ahead… we had to submit another WAC report by the next day @ 11pm, (which had ideally denied my chances back to this column until now) followed by reports, presentations, and assignments on marketing, finance, stastics etc…

well, tomorrow is the INDEPENDENCE DAY, and for us it is literally a day of “independence” ( a holiday between a laborious week - as we have classes on saturday as well)….. thanks for our forefathers who fought out for this day and for those who ‘created’ this ‘holiday’….. if otherwise it is gruellingly hard to find time in this SLOT even to find time on my favourites (sportin n bloggin)… we’ll have to wait n watch… (till now there were no sporting actions for the last 4days as it is raining - medium, light n heavy - nonstop here..)

once again, thanks for the holiday, “JAI INDEPENDENCE”… :)