The Semester that was...Part 2

Campaigning and the rest! :P

We were pulled to publicize about  the science fest in other colleges.After the PESIT principal rudely threw us out by asking us to go back to college and attend classes (something that our very own teachers have never told us to ), we were welcomed by BIT. I decided that I am definitely not fit for campaigning! While Resh, Suhas and Shreyas did it brilliantly.It felt nice to catch up with Rishika and Anisha was such a sweetheart! After the wrap-up, we had a cool outing at that tiny ice cream shop where new  friendship bonds forged. Will forever remember that day...

For the first time, we visited a Newspaper's office and talked to them about them putting up articles about the fest. All the way to Deccan Herald's office on M G Road and back was a little tiring but rewarding nevertheless! Walking long stretches in the hot tiring sun was hard but with friends around, any distance seems short and no journey boring!

Jitters of the first science fest "Genesis'11"

The month of April started with mobilizing people to conduct the first ever science fest of the college. The word soon spread and people were quite enthusiastic. With initial hitches that we experienced, the preparations started in full swing! I  cannot name all the people responsible for making this event a grand success but the student coordinators took up a lot of responsibility on their shoulders, ran pillar to post for sponsorships, organizing, planning and leading us all. I was the in the crossword team an event that went on quite smoothly (finally!). It was a very rewarding experience to set up clues and answers, my very first crossword making that I thoroughly enjoyed. With a few of us working on it, the crossword turned out be pretty good and surprisingly nobody could solve them completely. But the event that stole the show was 'paper presentation'. It had participation from colleges outside Karnataka as well and was lauded by the faculties as the 'Most important event of the fest!'. All the other events- JAM, Quiz, Debate, Dumb charades, treasure hunt , solving the Rubix cube went on really well. The fest was a modest success. At least we laid a foundation for our juniors to conduct many more.

Outing in the rain..

I can bet that nobody is going to forget that day..while it rained so hard that people were scuttling for cover, we dare-devils decided to have fun getting drenched! With 2 umbrellas and an over sized jacket you can as well imagine what protection from rain it offered to 6 people!Splashing around muddy waters, we went to Gopalan Arcade for more fun. Those photos are on Facebook which all of you must have seen anyway.It was just so amazing!! 

Getting mock 'Placed'

The second semester was a season of fests. The Department fests came in later ( with no 8th mile in April). It was an extravaganza when four department fests were held simultaneously. The whole college turned into a riot of colour. It amazed us how our seniors cleverly organised the whole thing. Surely we have a thing or two to learn from them.I just decided to participate in an event called 'mock placement' with a few of my friends but it was way too unexpected for me to win the second place shared along with Rakshitha Joshi (Psst..we still have that food coupon! ;) )Winning or no winning the event was a  pointer as to how the  real placements are going to be.But on the flip side, My cell phone ran out of charge, my plans for the day went down in drain and I went home completely tired!! It compensated would you say??

The story of the sem has still not ended..watch out for the last part that'll be more like an amalgam of more such memories. coming soon...:)