My beloved juniors,
Having chanced upon a blog by an ex-MITian about the hundred things to do there,I have decided that you guys might need some pointers as well,even though I am not quite an ex around here yet. ;)
Here goes..
When you come to NIT-C,
1)Don't forget to miss the last direct bus, back to college at night, from kozhikode.
You'll invariably have to take a bus to kunnamangalam and start walking from there.The fun starts here.It would be around midnight when you start walking and it's a two hour walk through desolated places to reach college.The amount of fun you and your friends will have is unforgettable.Hooting and somersaulting and doing crap on a long stretch of never ending road in utter darkness. :)Not to mention the view atop the bridge on the way.
2)Do one crazy shit after other
I remember this one time,when the current went off in our first year hostel and it started raining heavily.We took buckets of water from the bathroom and drenched everybody and the entire hostel.It was followed by this awesome rain dance.The hullabaloo that ensued annoyed the authorities so much that they came in bundles with torches.They could only slip and fall,much to everybody's delight.
3)Give your heart to Ragam
You are going to give up an entire sem for this :).Working your asses off.You are going to go hungry for three days and have many more night-outs.It's going to be a headache.But,it's worth it.I was a part of the programme committee.Nothing you would have done in your life would be more satisfying.
4)Celebrate Onam with the Mechs
All the departments would have their cute and peppy onam celebrations.But,onam will never be complete unless you go to the mechanical department at around 6 pm, the same day.Mud slinging,powder popping,with intermediate showers of flowers and finally the shrinkari melam.Then,there is that awesome procession through the entire college with people being pushed into all sorts of ditches and pools.Mad fun.As simple as that.
5)Take part for Sangam, Debutante and Spectrum
These are our first year cultural,literary and technical festivals.It's fun.Running around for your branch.Cheering your heart's out.Letting hell loose in the Audi or Aryabhatta hall.Planning.Scheming.More night-outs.Trying out all those zillion events.The bonds formed.The memories created.
6)Take part in cleaning the civil pool for Tathva.
Hehe.I remember this part.The pool as usual was very dirty and smelly.Decorum and dignity was maintained initially.And then... ;).Suffix to say,by the end of it,we were soaking wet and smelling like rat poop.
7)Play FIFA or CounterStrike or DoTA during those exam nights.
Umm.I guess this applies more when you graduate out of first year.By the end of it,you would have gotten the gyan on last minute studies.And,simultaneously, a new world of LAN and internet would welcome you.When you visit NIT-C during exam nights,screams of terror will welcome you.Nope.They are not for the imminent examinations.
8)Have a bombastic branch tour
You'll have two of them.But,not more than four days.Yes,I agree to the fact that other colleges have it longer.But,I promise you, your's will be wilder.And wherever you go,never miss out on Hogenakkal.It's stunning.Don't forget to take tonnes of photographs.You would want to etch those moments.
9)Volunteer for National Service Scheme
They'll be doing tonnes of stuff like visiting juvenile homes and orphanages, organising camps and cleaning drives in villages and tutoring kids from poor families for free.Take part.Give something back to the society.I have lazed it out on this one.But,I have seen the amount of happiness that people have derived from doing such stuff.
10)Get yourself selected into one of those clubs.
There's a whole load of them.LnD, IPF,DnD, ICA, Adventure club, Enquire, Mathematica etc.Have fun in all those random meetings and organising smashing events. Then there's the induction and the farewell.More bonds.More memories.
11)Go after random hot chics.
Of course,they might not accept you.Worse still,they might end up falling for you.Your purse might get screwed.Hmm.Maybe,you would have somebody else back home.Doesn't matter.Nothing's as much fun as trying to capture a girl's attention.
12)Innovate.
Of course,you might have got pushed into it.But,doesn't mean you should stop trying out cool new stuffs like astrophotography or aeromodelling or making those insane contraptions.
13)Fall in love with a subject the very last minute
Everybody hates studying here.But,once in a while,something interesting would turn up in your curriculum.You might end up studying that only, at the very last minute,but please do rack your brains for it.You might end up doing something big.Of course, it doesn't rain apples here.But,still.
14)Booze.
Yeap.I know.Arguments aside,don't hesitate to try it out once.:D.And don't end up trying out too much of it.The perfect balance.
15)Light diyas for diwali.
After all your toil,as you see the rows and rows of diyas lighting up the entire rajpath and other parts of the college,you would realise that the heavens isn't that great big a deal. ;)
16)Remember Rajan and Prof. Wahabuddin.
The story of a student who spoke against a tyrannical government and a professor,who stood up for him when they abducted the student,is eternally etched in our blood.Never forget them.Be aware of what's happening around you and have an opinion about everything under the sun.Never hesitate to speak out and stand up for what you think is right.
17) Come back to college during vacations.
We get long holidays.Long ones.REALLY long ones.Some of you might go for internships.Some of you might go for a great big tour.But,never forget to come visit the college.MagCom (Magazine Committee) and Tathva work will be going on.Atleast, they are supposed to go on and you would end up doing a lot of interesting stuff like learning everything imaginable about poker and bluff and other random madness.
18)Conduct events for schools as a part of a club.
It's awesome returning back to school and lording over the kids(It's interesting to note that as soon as you are in college, school is for 'kids'.) .It's awesome telling them about your awesome school days.And,it's the limit of awesomeness,when after an event,they shout out a cheer for NIT-C.
19)Make a pack of friends.
Reminiscence with them about those glorious school days.Talk to them about that wonderful college life.Share with them all those random moments and burdens in life.Discuss with them all those useless crap like "chicken or egg?".Those hi-fives and B'day bumps.All those swear words we reserve for them. And,all those plans of future.
20)Stand together.
We have proudly resisted incursions from any political party into our college.But, inspite of that we seem to have acquired an uncanny ability to fight over every small differences.
Chuck it.It's not worth it.I remember a time when a couple of our guys got into trouble for doing nothing major and one entire year chucked out classes and stood behind them.And,we had no political parties to kick us into action.It was just glorious unity and we managed to change things.
Always remember that part.
21)Do not stop chasing your Dreams.
Some of us were born engineers.But,a lot of us got pushed into this stream by parental and societal pressure.I don't care which of the former classification you belong to.Now,you have reached a place which will give you the ability to decide your life on your own.Seize that chance.
Think about what you really love.Make a practical plan on how to reach there.See,that's the beauty of it,if you really want it,there will always be a convenient way to jump to it.Don't stop the chase.
This is but a few of the stuffs that I want you to do.And,never forget that tag.
NIT-C.
It absolutely means something more than a four digit national rank in AIEEE.
Yours truly,
That Random Senior who is going to catch you by the scruff one of these days.
Having chanced upon a blog by an ex-MITian about the hundred things to do there,I have decided that you guys might need some pointers as well,even though I am not quite an ex around here yet. ;)
Here goes..
When you come to NIT-C,
1)Don't forget to miss the last direct bus, back to college at night, from kozhikode.
You'll invariably have to take a bus to kunnamangalam and start walking from there.The fun starts here.It would be around midnight when you start walking and it's a two hour walk through desolated places to reach college.The amount of fun you and your friends will have is unforgettable.Hooting and somersaulting and doing crap on a long stretch of never ending road in utter darkness. :)Not to mention the view atop the bridge on the way.
2)Do one crazy shit after other
I remember this one time,when the current went off in our first year hostel and it started raining heavily.We took buckets of water from the bathroom and drenched everybody and the entire hostel.It was followed by this awesome rain dance.The hullabaloo that ensued annoyed the authorities so much that they came in bundles with torches.They could only slip and fall,much to everybody's delight.
3)Give your heart to Ragam
You are going to give up an entire sem for this :).Working your asses off.You are going to go hungry for three days and have many more night-outs.It's going to be a headache.But,it's worth it.I was a part of the programme committee.Nothing you would have done in your life would be more satisfying.
4)Celebrate Onam with the Mechs
All the departments would have their cute and peppy onam celebrations.But,onam will never be complete unless you go to the mechanical department at around 6 pm, the same day.Mud slinging,powder popping,with intermediate showers of flowers and finally the shrinkari melam.Then,there is that awesome procession through the entire college with people being pushed into all sorts of ditches and pools.Mad fun.As simple as that.
5)Take part for Sangam, Debutante and Spectrum
These are our first year cultural,literary and technical festivals.It's fun.Running around for your branch.Cheering your heart's out.Letting hell loose in the Audi or Aryabhatta hall.Planning.Scheming.More night-outs.Trying out all those zillion events.The bonds formed.The memories created.
6)Take part in cleaning the civil pool for Tathva.
Hehe.I remember this part.The pool as usual was very dirty and smelly.Decorum and dignity was maintained initially.And then... ;).Suffix to say,by the end of it,we were soaking wet and smelling like rat poop.
7)Play FIFA or CounterStrike or DoTA during those exam nights.
Umm.I guess this applies more when you graduate out of first year.By the end of it,you would have gotten the gyan on last minute studies.And,simultaneously, a new world of LAN and internet would welcome you.When you visit NIT-C during exam nights,screams of terror will welcome you.Nope.They are not for the imminent examinations.
8)Have a bombastic branch tour
You'll have two of them.But,not more than four days.Yes,I agree to the fact that other colleges have it longer.But,I promise you, your's will be wilder.And wherever you go,never miss out on Hogenakkal.It's stunning.Don't forget to take tonnes of photographs.You would want to etch those moments.
9)Volunteer for National Service Scheme
They'll be doing tonnes of stuff like visiting juvenile homes and orphanages, organising camps and cleaning drives in villages and tutoring kids from poor families for free.Take part.Give something back to the society.I have lazed it out on this one.But,I have seen the amount of happiness that people have derived from doing such stuff.
10)Get yourself selected into one of those clubs.
There's a whole load of them.LnD, IPF,DnD, ICA, Adventure club, Enquire, Mathematica etc.Have fun in all those random meetings and organising smashing events. Then there's the induction and the farewell.More bonds.More memories.
11)Go after random hot chics.
Of course,they might not accept you.Worse still,they might end up falling for you.Your purse might get screwed.Hmm.Maybe,you would have somebody else back home.Doesn't matter.Nothing's as much fun as trying to capture a girl's attention.
12)Innovate.
Of course,you might have got pushed into it.But,doesn't mean you should stop trying out cool new stuffs like astrophotography or aeromodelling or making those insane contraptions.
13)Fall in love with a subject the very last minute
Everybody hates studying here.But,once in a while,something interesting would turn up in your curriculum.You might end up studying that only, at the very last minute,but please do rack your brains for it.You might end up doing something big.Of course, it doesn't rain apples here.But,still.
14)Booze.
Yeap.I know.Arguments aside,don't hesitate to try it out once.:D.And don't end up trying out too much of it.The perfect balance.
15)Light diyas for diwali.
After all your toil,as you see the rows and rows of diyas lighting up the entire rajpath and other parts of the college,you would realise that the heavens isn't that great big a deal. ;)
16)Remember Rajan and Prof. Wahabuddin.
The story of a student who spoke against a tyrannical government and a professor,who stood up for him when they abducted the student,is eternally etched in our blood.Never forget them.Be aware of what's happening around you and have an opinion about everything under the sun.Never hesitate to speak out and stand up for what you think is right.
17) Come back to college during vacations.
We get long holidays.Long ones.REALLY long ones.Some of you might go for internships.Some of you might go for a great big tour.But,never forget to come visit the college.MagCom (Magazine Committee) and Tathva work will be going on.Atleast, they are supposed to go on and you would end up doing a lot of interesting stuff like learning everything imaginable about poker and bluff and other random madness.
18)Conduct events for schools as a part of a club.
It's awesome returning back to school and lording over the kids(It's interesting to note that as soon as you are in college, school is for 'kids'.) .It's awesome telling them about your awesome school days.And,it's the limit of awesomeness,when after an event,they shout out a cheer for NIT-C.
19)Make a pack of friends.
Reminiscence with them about those glorious school days.Talk to them about that wonderful college life.Share with them all those random moments and burdens in life.Discuss with them all those useless crap like "chicken or egg?".Those hi-fives and B'day bumps.All those swear words we reserve for them. And,all those plans of future.
20)Stand together.
We have proudly resisted incursions from any political party into our college.But, inspite of that we seem to have acquired an uncanny ability to fight over every small differences.
Chuck it.It's not worth it.I remember a time when a couple of our guys got into trouble for doing nothing major and one entire year chucked out classes and stood behind them.And,we had no political parties to kick us into action.It was just glorious unity and we managed to change things.
Always remember that part.
21)Do not stop chasing your Dreams.
Some of us were born engineers.But,a lot of us got pushed into this stream by parental and societal pressure.I don't care which of the former classification you belong to.Now,you have reached a place which will give you the ability to decide your life on your own.Seize that chance.
Think about what you really love.Make a practical plan on how to reach there.See,that's the beauty of it,if you really want it,there will always be a convenient way to jump to it.Don't stop the chase.
This is but a few of the stuffs that I want you to do.And,never forget that tag.
NIT-C.
It absolutely means something more than a four digit national rank in AIEEE.
Yours truly,
That Random Senior who is going to catch you by the scruff one of these days.
