year in review

A long (winding) year in review:
It all started with me moving in with 6 of my friends to a place, which in time, began to feel (and look) like home. It was a nice experience and we did manage to hang around for a year.
The courses allotted for the 3rd semester were not those which would set one's pulse racing and they were helped by the fact that the teachers were capable of giving Professor Binns a run for his money.Memories of class are very few, primarily due to our class rep who ensured we were never burdened:).
Along with my friends, I took part (kind of) in Shaastra- the annual fest held at IIT-M. It scored highly on the technical front (as per my friends), but for me, the attraction lay in the lectures which ranged from IP rights to RTI Act and the industrial exhibits. Hope to go there this year as well.
I celebrated my birthday (Nov 5, if you're wondering). It was painful, as i was manhandled twice. On the other hand, I got presents, which was surprising and nice.
Then, in order to alleviate the general feeling of boredom and inertia, our exams showed up. The people at the university were humane enough to schedule Field Theory on the 1st of January, while a paper was postponed due to by-elections (only thing happening these days) and was rescheduled conveniently so that our holidays would get ruined, which did happen.
4th semester started smoothly, only irritant being our results, whose shock value was found to be immune to recession. Subject wise, 4th sem felt even boring than 3rd. This was not in any way due to the subjects, which I found to be very interesting ( a fortnight before the exams), but to the fact that we concentrated on activities that required only a piece of paper. The classes also provided us with an opportunity to catch up with our favourite authors.
UTSAV, our college fest, took place during April. Although I was more involved than the last time, the fest seemed to lack bullishness. There was also an attempt to bring out a college magazine, of which I was a participant. It did not come out though.
On the social front, many things happened but as they are classified under "unmentionable in public forums", I'll be skinned if I do mention them. Moving on, there was a trek to Skandagiri which I found awesome. The semester also saw its fair share of injuries with shoulder dislocations jostling for space with memory loss and road mishaps.
Exams have finished a month ago and they did keep up their reputation as a pain in the neck. The labs were excruciating and I hope no one has to suffer them one more time.