Our 3rd(for me) inter-college festival 'Moksha' came to an end yesterday....but for me it has left indelible marks on my memory.
DAY1: not many people came for the fest on the first day resulting in dismal attendance( though i never cared for attendance in my classes). The whole day of mine was spent taking part in an event called 'Rang De Basanti', hence couldnt take part in any other activity. Even though i came second in the event and got 400 bucks + a reebok t-shirt as prize i wasnt kinda impressed by myself. I rate my performance as poor since i fumbled too many times to be considered as eloquent. Had it not been for the reading desk/lecter i dont think i would have been able to do half as good as i did with it.
Also a special thanks to manish for motivating me to take part in the event, and for supporting my idea in the prelims. Had it not been for him i dont think i would have reached so-far.
All in all a good learning experience which taught me that i still need to polish my skills as far as public speaking is concerned. Even after a few of certis now, still i get jittery infornt of the mic.
There were positives too, wherein i realised that i normally do have good points to put forward + my conviction and ability to be able to persuade someone else is also above average, when language is not a barrier that is.
DAY2: Took part in English GD, and the Bigger B. The latter was a marketing event wherein a team of two had to sell and buy stuff at the maximum profit. I has Sunanda as my teammate, and i thought she did a pretty good job by hiding my 'money laundering' and 'black marketing' trails....aur abhi toh MBA ki nahi hai.
I always want to be/talk of being truthful and upfrontly honest to every1 around us(including myself) hence was quite disappointed later on as the feeling dawned upon me of having done something wrong. Surprisingly we came 2nd in the event, and realised that had we not indulged in the cheating stuff we would still have been at the same position.
Hence lesson of a futile effort of cheating which puts unnecessary mental pressure was learnt and hopefully stored as ROM.
English GD dint go as good as i would have liked it to. As far as my evaluation is concerned i thought i was 3rd-4th in my group of 12 out of which just 1 person was selected for the finals. This definitely no where close to the standards that I had set for myself. The feedback I got corroborated my earlier belief of 'nice points but poor timing to put them forward'.
DAY3: It was the worst day of the lot. Got selected for the finals of 'youth parliament' and completely fucked up the event....yea i mean that. I missed my CL class, 2-3 other events for something that got my confi down to almost the ground-level in just one go. Was very poor in my was of conveying my point across to the 'hounourable speaker sir' and the judges. It took me more than double the time limit to finish all I had to say....hence dint event wait for the results to be declared. Just rushed back home and hid my face in a quilt on my bed.
Went back to the college with a hope to start it all afresh....JAM jammakar attend kiya and had some real fun with everyone else in Rags room where we spent out night. We ended up disturbing him a lot...to the limits that he wasnt even allowing me to keep my bag in his room the next day...sorry dude.
DAY4: Pissed off with the whole affair of attending day events i went to my class in the morning at CL...after a mere 1 hour sleep. But since the timings suited my body clock it wasnt much of a problem except that I had a bad throat + dint get a comb to tidy my hair.
Reached college by around 8:30 and the next 6-7hours were simply awesome coz it was d first time i drank with an aim of getting completely high. A visit to a nearby shop and 2 friends was all I needed...and the scene was set for entertainment...for if caught on camera it would have had the ability to embarass me for months without end. Waise have already made a list of about 25people to whom I intend to apoligise for my behaviour.
At the end of it all...I feel its fine if I dont indulge in it too often. As it is I have realised my poor ability to handle the hard stuff, and hope it remains that ways always.
All in all had nice fun. Hope the fun I had in Moksha help me get back on track as far as academics is concerned.
DAY1: not many people came for the fest on the first day resulting in dismal attendance( though i never cared for attendance in my classes). The whole day of mine was spent taking part in an event called 'Rang De Basanti', hence couldnt take part in any other activity. Even though i came second in the event and got 400 bucks + a reebok t-shirt as prize i wasnt kinda impressed by myself. I rate my performance as poor since i fumbled too many times to be considered as eloquent. Had it not been for the reading desk/lecter i dont think i would have been able to do half as good as i did with it.
Also a special thanks to manish for motivating me to take part in the event, and for supporting my idea in the prelims. Had it not been for him i dont think i would have reached so-far.
All in all a good learning experience which taught me that i still need to polish my skills as far as public speaking is concerned. Even after a few of certis now, still i get jittery infornt of the mic.
There were positives too, wherein i realised that i normally do have good points to put forward + my conviction and ability to be able to persuade someone else is also above average, when language is not a barrier that is.
DAY2: Took part in English GD, and the Bigger B. The latter was a marketing event wherein a team of two had to sell and buy stuff at the maximum profit. I has Sunanda as my teammate, and i thought she did a pretty good job by hiding my 'money laundering' and 'black marketing' trails....aur abhi toh MBA ki nahi hai.
I always want to be/talk of being truthful and upfrontly honest to every1 around us(including myself) hence was quite disappointed later on as the feeling dawned upon me of having done something wrong. Surprisingly we came 2nd in the event, and realised that had we not indulged in the cheating stuff we would still have been at the same position.
Hence lesson of a futile effort of cheating which puts unnecessary mental pressure was learnt and hopefully stored as ROM.
English GD dint go as good as i would have liked it to. As far as my evaluation is concerned i thought i was 3rd-4th in my group of 12 out of which just 1 person was selected for the finals. This definitely no where close to the standards that I had set for myself. The feedback I got corroborated my earlier belief of 'nice points but poor timing to put them forward'.
DAY3: It was the worst day of the lot. Got selected for the finals of 'youth parliament' and completely fucked up the event....yea i mean that. I missed my CL class, 2-3 other events for something that got my confi down to almost the ground-level in just one go. Was very poor in my was of conveying my point across to the 'hounourable speaker sir' and the judges. It took me more than double the time limit to finish all I had to say....hence dint event wait for the results to be declared. Just rushed back home and hid my face in a quilt on my bed.
Went back to the college with a hope to start it all afresh....JAM jammakar attend kiya and had some real fun with everyone else in Rags room where we spent out night. We ended up disturbing him a lot...to the limits that he wasnt even allowing me to keep my bag in his room the next day...sorry dude.
DAY4: Pissed off with the whole affair of attending day events i went to my class in the morning at CL...after a mere 1 hour sleep. But since the timings suited my body clock it wasnt much of a problem except that I had a bad throat + dint get a comb to tidy my hair.
Reached college by around 8:30 and the next 6-7hours were simply awesome coz it was d first time i drank with an aim of getting completely high. A visit to a nearby shop and 2 friends was all I needed...and the scene was set for entertainment...for if caught on camera it would have had the ability to embarass me for months without end. Waise have already made a list of about 25people to whom I intend to apoligise for my behaviour.
At the end of it all...I feel its fine if I dont indulge in it too often. As it is I have realised my poor ability to handle the hard stuff, and hope it remains that ways always.
All in all had nice fun. Hope the fun I had in Moksha help me get back on track as far as academics is concerned.
