PLs Begin!!

It has been months since I last wrote. Surprisingly, I had so much on my mind, I hardly ever sat down to enter it here. I have about an hour right now, so I thought I'd rectify the mistake of not being able to write.
February was just spent in getting ready for one of the biggest events of the year - " Convocation Ceremony - Batch 2003". It was the first of its kind to be held in BJ, as I have mentioned in my last entry, so we wanted to make it extra special. Having done nothing of this kind before, I can't describe how incredibly satisfying it was , to work on it all. Almost all the first-years, in the Organising committee, were a part of the Anchoring Committee. So we actually didn't have much to do to start off with. The matter to be spoken was one of the last things required, so we got involved into designing of the invitation cards and handing them over to the Guests of Honour, posting them to guests invited from outside the city and meeting the Chief Guests.
As a person, I have managed to learn a lot through it all. Not just team-work and doing all that you can for the greater good, but also evolving as a person. We had to talk to doctors, to their PRs, to a hundred people we didn't know, and would probably never see again. It was enlightening an experience, and I am looking forward to being a part of it all again next year.
The actual convocation ceremony was a Big hit. The interns loved it all, and we, the organising committee, enjoyed ourselves thoroughly, also knowing that it was our blood and sweat that had gone into making this such a grand and fine event. Add to that, the fact that I managed to wear a sari and manage it myself for about 5 hrs, is a success in itself.
The person incharge of it all, Charandeep Singh had told us that with the efforts we took, when we finally saw the output, the satisfaction we'd get would be equal to nothing like anything we had ever experienced before. And that was so true! Now a month down the line, when I look back, I know I did the right thing by being a part of it, and the feeling of completeness that I feel gooing through each and every moment of that evening can't be put into words.
Moving away from the Ceremony, we also had our Cultural week in college. We had a rose-day, a chocolate-day, a twin-day, the traditional day and a gang-day followed by a peace-day. College finally seemed like college then. It was definitely fun and frolic all through out that week. The pictures will definitely show.

An Interesting Week

I haven't been able to get a lot of time all week, to write about all the stuff that has been happening around college. So I'll start right away.
This may sound a little strange, but BJ does not have its own convocation ceremony. I didn't think much about it either, when I first heard about it. But the more I think about the amount of years and days we spend here, the amount of LIFE that we learn and live here, it does seem a poor way of celebrating an amazing 6 years of life, without a convocation ceremony. Mom and Dad said that, they didn't really think about all that when they finished with their course. It seems that there is a huge convocation ceremony at the MUHS, and the certificates are just handed over by post to students here.
Any way, the current batch of interns ( Batch of 2003) decided that they did want a convocation of their own, and wanted to do it all in a grand way. We had auditions for the organising committee, and I'm very happy that I made it into the committee. I'm in the Anchoring committee. For the moment we don't have anything to do as such, due to lack of information. So we're handling the invitation designing. Over all, I'm really excited about it all. This experience is different and , the output of it all, should be very satisfactory. We've had about 2 complete committee meetings, and two sub-committee meetings, and they have been learining experiences all the way. The convocation will be held on the 7th of March.
Apart from the convocation, the Firodiya is being talked about a lot. It is an inter-collegiate art competition. And by Art, I mean Art as in a play, songs, dance, music, fine arts, painting... the entire package. The guys are all deep into practice, and none of have seen a full-stretch of the play yet. We keep our fingers crossed any way.
BJ also won the first prize in an Inter-Collegiate Band Competition, held at Symbiosis day before. It is supposed to be of a good standard, this competition, and our band's lead singer was a first year batch-mate of ours. So obviously, we're a very proud batch, currently.
Yesterday, we finished with the Anatomy Seminar too. I didn't end up participating, but one of my really close friends did our poster. Prabhjot got a special mention for it, and we can't be more proud of her. She's given herself a hell of a nervous night, and the rest of us , some nervous days too. The seminar was more of a celebration of sorts. After finishing with the posters and presentations, we had a cultural program of a kind. It was refreshing to look at the Anatomy department dressed up and really happy for a change. All the participants did really well. Shreya and Mohini from my group of friends got the 3rd and consolation prizes respectively.
The week has been an interesting one, as the title of the entry suggests. I'm hoping that the next week is great too. Two weeks of continuous 6 days of college are pretty draining, so we're all looking forward to the second Saturday of this month, coming up next week. For students in BJ, this Saturday will be more important as a Holiday than anything else!!