The cycle has re-started once again. Courtesy MAT scores of last year, people have been getting calls from admission departments from all over the country side. The conversation ususally lasts for 30 odd seconds if I were to tell them that I was not interested. But I do stretch it by 10 odd seconds by insisting on telling them that I have already taken admission and that too in EBS. That is, in my own way of thinking, a way to let people know that we exist and we are a force to reckon with. I am sure many others at EBS will be doing similar things in their own unique ways.
Weather is getting warmer by day even though some spells tend to pull it back. The intermitent love affair between sun and rain, however, has delayed the settling in process of our newly breached parking lot. It will settle down soon but as of now, so much of space has been created. All that is now required to be done is to have enclosures sign-posted and if possible, by marking the blocks for parking the vehicles. Such a step, in addition to saving security guards some hassles, would make the place look orderly and neat. The first impression for a visitor, thus, will be pretty positive.
We had a surprise visitor during our tea break just outside our main gate. Without any doubt, the tea from the vendor is very good and environment pretty conducive for gossip and relationship building. Un-noticed it may be, but one family gets fed in the process and some part of our CSR gets addressed too. Now, let us not really get into debate about the canteen guy not getting full clientele. Some comepetion augurs well for everyone.
Well into third trimester, one gets amused to see relationships of all kinds. There is romance in the air for some, heart-breaks for others while others are simply "friends", who have, incidentally, decided to stretch the concept of friendship a little too far. But it is nice to see youngsters handling all kinds of situations - with elan at times, with panic at others.
That brings us to another issue. During one of the classes, a point came up about who has the edge when it comes to doing well at studies. The main argument was that we, the oldies, have experience that gives us an edge. The results of T-1 would justify such an argument. But then we too have a counter-argument; what about our rusted knowledge and slower minds or, like it is in my case, lack of familiarity with subjects like stats and calculus and such like! Then they would say that they have too many distractions in life; be it entertainment, affairs, pressure of studies and so on and so forth. And they are right if a 20-odd years old student of the day is compared with a 20-odd years old student of our era. We had simpler lives, slower times and far less distractions... that is right. But here, the comparison is between today's 20 years old and today's 40+ oldies like us. Some of the distractions, like internet and entertainment are applicable to us too. Then we have familial issues, more responsibilities and like I said before, a rusted grey matter BUT we have lesser pressures on us and that is a huge difference. At the end of the day, while it may be alright to debate such a topic for the sake of discussions, the adage remains true," No one dies virgin; life screws us all". And application of such a gospel is applicable here too. In the meanwhile, life moves on...
Preparations have started for the upcoming ERABRATIONS..... !! The gut feeling says that it would be a great success!
