Few days back I was watching the movies Never Been Kissed...wherein the female lead whose first assignment as a undercover reporter leads her to a college...posing as a student. Watching the film I was drifted back to my college life...those days when life was about friends ,bunking lectures, ragging, canteen, CRUSHES, borrowing notes , blacklist ,ATKT, imitating professors, Rose Day ,movies, college festival ,trekking, picnics , birthday treats, EXAMS ie covering the entire syllabus one day before the exam by preparing till 2.am and many more...
In this post m describing the college life . It is during college days that we interact with so many people ...wherein we are no longer protected by our school teacher nor parents... where time and again we act cool (there is no one as cool as we are :-)...act as if we are grownup... Each and every person feels they are being watched ... and being COOL is a necessity...which sometimes goes to an extent of showoff...
College life is not complete unless u follow the below mentioned conditions
a)Bunking lectures: This is the most basic condition...it is as necessary as breathing...Ther have also been instances of Mass bunking wherein only the professor is present...hehehehe however some may like to differ. Ok let me explain...so there are basically 3 types of student in general ...first-the bunking types...second- the furniture of the class type and the third type being a cusp between the first and second type..... I place myself as the third type... however on second thoughts I was much more of furniture of the class types.{ie bcos on the last day (class packed with students for extra notes) my professor made 4-5 students (one being me) stand in front of the entire class claiming these were the loyal students who never missed any of her lectures for the entire year} I felt so uncool... reminded me of the dettol advertisement 100%attandence.........
b)Paying daily visit to the Canteen/roaming in the college Campus: This is the most common place you go to once you complete condition 1. It is sometimes believed more time is spent in the canteen or campus than the classroom... and sharing samosa , sandwich, cutting chai, Chinese...last but not the least cold drink is a very common sight..and there are some place or generally knows as ADDA wherein the particular groups meet if canteen is packed...
c)Gossip/Pranks/Celebrating Days: aare did u know A aur B ka affair hai......tujhe pata hai iska break up hua..eeeeeeeeeeeee what is she/he wearing....aaj class mein aaysa hua....iska aur uska fighting hua... these are just few of the examples of gossip... Really enjoyed it throughly...Keeping pet names or names so that we can talk about the person and poor things wont be aware they are being discussed...example
1 Jersey ...bcos he always wears Jersey to college
2Barbie...bcos she is so plastic
3Astronuat ...bcos he wears a silver colour windcheater
4Zulfi... bcos he has shiny silky hair
5 matching centre bcos she is dressed right from head to toe in same colour
6 SK/DA etc short form for a name
Playing pranks on friends is also one of the conditions to be fulfilled.
d)Blacklist/ATKT/Exams:It is during these days that god is most remembered and bribed. The excitement generated when the blacklist or ATKT list is put on the notice board is just unbelievable... And nothing can compete the tension and buzz whenever exams are around... covering the entire syllabus one day before the exam by preparing till 2.am...last minute studying until the teachers pulls the books from ur hand... all of them looking at the person who has taken the first supplement or the most number of supplements and then u wondering if u r writing the correct answers... My hair stands out thinking about all this....and then day the results are out ...there is this buzzzzzzzzzzzz “itna KT mila” “mein pass hogaye without any KT”...”itna kaam marks...jaroor professor ne wife ke saath jagada karke mera paper check kiya” “aare mein jisse copy kiya woh fail ho gaya aur mein pass”...
e)Freak out with friends :When we are with friends College life is one big party ...carefree... wherein you enjoy ur life to the fullest...going to a PUB ,movie,shopping,birthday treats,picnics ,treks in the rain,going for drive in ur friend’s (parent) car (usually showoff types do that)
f)Your eyes looking out for that one person bcos of who u long to go to college ;-) in short ur CRUSH ( i agree this point should be in top three)
Well i don’t think there would be a person who has never not gone thorugh this stage...and in case if there is any...they are no human...It is basically during this time the attitude of people change ...some become mild...some shy...some start writing poems (i was a poetess for a brief duration too:-)
g)And of course Study: aab mein aage kya boluuuu ...u people are smart enough...
Well the above mentioned are basics conditions...All my readers are invited to add on their view/incidents about college life...
Well I would like to close this post and dedicate this little song (its a song not a peom ) to all my College friends
Softly the leaves of memory fall,
I gently gather pick them all.
Today tomorrow and all my life through
I will never forget friends like you...
Enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbh8MkI9zo4
