When professors at UPES told us on the day of orientation that we are going to have a lot of free time but that will be spent in the library I totally didnt believe that. Even back in BE days teachers said similiar things but it so happened that I didnt know where the library was when I was asked to pick up a No Dues Certificate to get my final sem hall ticket. Now the scenario has changed so drastically that I find myself in the library every single day of the week,reminds me of the daily temple visits when I was a kid.
A class conversation :
Dean: So have you'll done the assignment?!
Class: ( Forced silence... and more silence )
Dean : So I presume that you'll havent done it so instead of taking the assignment once again back home, lets have it done right away. Please right down the MESH equations for Multi Stage Multi Component Distillation.
Class : ( Everyone's holding their pen and then looking to the next fellow sitting beside him for a clue )
I was about to the same and then I notice that Ankur is already looking into my notes expecting me to do some magic. We didnt remember Binary distillation so lets not even talk about something bigger than that.
( After ten minutes )
Dean : So tell me the MESH equations
Class : ( No one is speakin but still pretending to scribble something in their notes )
Dean : (Sigh) Ok so here are the notations for a start, I want you'll to bring the same on Saturday.We'll have class from 2-5. So when can we have the test ?!
Class : Sir, we have tests lined up for the coming week already.
Dean : If you'll are under the assumption that you'll are going to read over night and give the test you'll can forget about clearing the test. So we'll have it on Tuesday then.
Blah!
The whole excitement of new university,new place,hostel,etc has settled down and the crux of the whole scenario is finally here. Course is getting tougher by the day and can actually feel the tension building. Now I know for sure that it will be a rollercoaster ride ahead.
Mid sem exams coming up in October second week, all the more worry.
Sayonara! Next post after a while.
September 23, 2010
September 16, 2010
Bizzare Thermodynamics
I have finally managed to find the time to sit down to blog.Regular days I dont get time or rather feel too lazy to sit and type, I am doing this now while I am suffering from Conjunctivitis. My eyes are like blood shot but then I gave them enough rest throughout the day and dont want to spend one more day doing nothing other than sleeping ( though thats something I totally enjoy ). So where did I leave you'll last ?!
Guess I was bragging about the new change in life, university, hostel,etc etc. Slowly things have pretty much settled down and its more or less like any other hostel when it comes to the food. Once your taste buds get used to it, then you dont enjoy the chicken/paneer. Everything tastes the same now and I have developed a complete aversion to the mess chicken for sure. The rules and the regulations in the hostel have eased out a lot,except the fact that you cant return late at night. Firstly they dont allow, secondly transportation to this part of the world is cut out after 7pm! I miss Bangalore all the more now, I miss seeing the hustle around, traffic all over, people screamin and ofcourse the easy access to junk food. The only good thing would be loss of weight here, not that I intended to but yet guess once you enter into hostel life thats bound to happen.
Coming to the classes,its pure magic. Somethings come out from nowhere on the board and then just disappear after some formulas are put in.Integration/Differentiation, they are here to trouble me all my life. Transport Phenomena subject is purely imaginary, thats what the sir says. Its upto you how you perceive things. The art of mugging has to be re-polished to conquer this subject. Dean walks into class every other day, speaks something related to the problems in the industry. We on the otherhand are clueless what he is talking bout, keep lookin at everyone around and its kinda amusing when you see blank looks all over. Lets say you ask him a doubt then he moves into more bizarre explanation, leading to even more shocked expressions. Best is yet to come, Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics. Its the 'Baap' of everything. There are certain things that you try to comprehend while you are being taught in class but here its like an unknown language. We can see him mime , thats all. Just today I realised that back in BMS, GN Rameshiah taught us Thermo. He didnt know jackshit nor taught us anything at the root level, end result more blinking at a Masters level. Petroleum and Math is something that can be handled, I dont want to mention about CRE for now.I'll have a dedicated post on that soon ;)
Lets leave all this aside, soon things are going to make sense like it always did. I can hear Mayank saying ' Hoga Rahul, hoga '. Thats the mantra that will be strictly followed for the next two years.
And Bangalore, I will see you in November for Diwali.
Guess I was bragging about the new change in life, university, hostel,etc etc. Slowly things have pretty much settled down and its more or less like any other hostel when it comes to the food. Once your taste buds get used to it, then you dont enjoy the chicken/paneer. Everything tastes the same now and I have developed a complete aversion to the mess chicken for sure. The rules and the regulations in the hostel have eased out a lot,except the fact that you cant return late at night. Firstly they dont allow, secondly transportation to this part of the world is cut out after 7pm! I miss Bangalore all the more now, I miss seeing the hustle around, traffic all over, people screamin and ofcourse the easy access to junk food. The only good thing would be loss of weight here, not that I intended to but yet guess once you enter into hostel life thats bound to happen.
Coming to the classes,its pure magic. Somethings come out from nowhere on the board and then just disappear after some formulas are put in.Integration/Differentiation, they are here to trouble me all my life. Transport Phenomena subject is purely imaginary, thats what the sir says. Its upto you how you perceive things. The art of mugging has to be re-polished to conquer this subject. Dean walks into class every other day, speaks something related to the problems in the industry. We on the otherhand are clueless what he is talking bout, keep lookin at everyone around and its kinda amusing when you see blank looks all over. Lets say you ask him a doubt then he moves into more bizarre explanation, leading to even more shocked expressions. Best is yet to come, Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics. Its the 'Baap' of everything. There are certain things that you try to comprehend while you are being taught in class but here its like an unknown language. We can see him mime , thats all. Just today I realised that back in BMS, GN Rameshiah taught us Thermo. He didnt know jackshit nor taught us anything at the root level, end result more blinking at a Masters level. Petroleum and Math is something that can be handled, I dont want to mention about CRE for now.I'll have a dedicated post on that soon ;)
Lets leave all this aside, soon things are going to make sense like it always did. I can hear Mayank saying ' Hoga Rahul, hoga '. Thats the mantra that will be strictly followed for the next two years.
And Bangalore, I will see you in November for Diwali.
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