Students' Council - 2009

I have left out one of the most interesting events of 2nd year. And the event is the formation of the new Students' Council. There are the following posts:
1. General Secretary (GS)
2. Joint Secretary (JS)
3. Cultural Secretary (CS)
4. Sports' Secretary (SS)
5. Ladies' Representative (LR)
This year two new posts have been added. One is of the Academic Secretary (AS) and another of the Magazine Secretary (MS). The latter has come into being, because the BJ magazine has been re-introduced. The magazine used to be published every year during my parents' time. But, due to financial constraints, it had to discontinued. Last year, the Students' Council decided to publish it again, and so, now we have a post and funding from the college for the same.
Now, each of these Secretaries has to form a committee of their own, and there is also a general committee. And, we hope that the Council will help improve the college; more than the previous years.
Of course, at a time like this, internal politics play a very important role. In fact, the change is seen in some of the most unexpected people. Luckily, there are no elections as such. The system of voting for the best guy, with all the campaigning and all was discontinued a long time back. Now, a group of our Professors, including Dean and Dep. Dean, interview the candidates, and accordingly choose the best. This year, there wasn't much to choose from, as almost all the posts had one claimer each to start with. All, except the ones of GS and SS. Mostly, people interested decide amongst themselves before submitting the applications, to prevent any bad blood in between themselves. Well, college is college after all, politics included.
Moving into the academic part of college, Microbiology hasn't yet started with their schedule. Pathology started yesterday ( although the practicals were held before that). The one department that never seems to take a holiday is the Pharmocology department. They are always the first people to start. So, we've started with lectures and practicals, and we even finished a tutorial yesterday on "Pharmacotherapy of Cough". Nice.....also because I'd prepared it pretty well.
Well, I guess thats it. The Medicine postings are turning out to be rather boring. We take a case, and then nobody has the time to take a lecture on the same. But, the situation is definitely better that what we had in Surgery. So, thank God!! We've got a 3 day break and I hope to start studying from the point of view of the terminals coming up in December. And, I WILL make progress here. I swear to myself.

End Of Holidays

It is the second-last day of the Diwali Holidays, and I really look forward to going back to the routine of college-life. The break from college has been good. I managed to complete most of my journal-work, and I look forward to getting them corrected ( and, maybe a few comments of " Nice drawing!!" ;-)) ).
We had the election last week, when I voted for the first time. I haven't received my Voters' ID yet, but, my name being in the list, I was able to exercise the right to vote. It was interesting, although had I gone a little earlier, I wouldn't have had to wait for as long as I did. It took about an hour to complete the entire procedure.
The results came out day before yesterday, with Congress-NCP being the ultimate winners by quite a margin. Not just in Maharashtra, but also in the other two states where the Vidhan Sabha elections were held. The final decision of Chief Minister will be made in a few days time. Till then, we the public, have the reactions of BJP and Shivsena to entertain us. It hasn't been a good year for BJP, with both Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections not going their way.
Among all these proceedings, MNS has had a vital role to play. The ultimate result did show that all the glamour and media surrounding them did have its effect. They grabbed 13 seats.
I'm just really interested because I voted. But, since Politics isn't a strength of mine, I'll stop here..

Happy Diwali!!

A very Happy Diwali and a Prosperous New Year to all my fellow Bloggers.
It seems like last Diwali was ages ago....and well, it sort of was. Last year we didn't spend Diwali here. We were busy travelling through the wonders of USA during this time. So this year, I actually had to rack my brains a little to think back to 2 years ago, when it came to Diwali decorations. The holidays have been very refreshing. I haven't studied much. I still plan to finish one subject ( mostly, Microbiology) before college starts on 26th.
And frankly, I think I'll be able to do it. So here's it is to Diwali 2009.

100/100

Every person strives to achieve that 100/100. In all spheres of life. 100/100 is perfection, it is the ultimate dream, and to some ( like in college), it is a dream that never bothers to come true. Here, in BJ, students attending a 100% are considered mad, insane, eccentric... whatever you may want to pick out. They are not considered 'Normal'.
And so, all these terms are being applied to me. Because, I have managed to garner a 100% attendance in both lectures and practicals in Pharmacology. It actually isn't a big deal. But, I am the ONLY person in a batch of 170 students having these credentials, so, yes, I have every right to feel proud of myself for it. This wasn't intentional. Its just that, I love 2nd year so much, its hard to stay at home, knowing that I have a lecture to attend. Add on the opportunity to drive the car whenever I have an 8 am lecture.....well, who said incentives don't work??
So the result is that I have a perfectly clean sheet, and now, I intentionally want to keep it so. I don't know how long I'll be able to do that, but its worth a try, right? So, keep trying guys...... :-)