MSIT - "Trance"

I can never forget the time I had my first Pizza or the first time I shook a leg to the tunes spun by a DJ. Both of these occassions are very special to me. Both of them happened on a cool November night and both of them happened while I was at MSIT. I had my first Pizza at the freshers party at Pizza Corner on Nov 5th, 2003. The other happened yesterday night (Nov 6th, 2005) - two years later. Incidentally these were the two days I enjoyed the most where I left all my inhibitions to the winds! The day was so good that it was almost as if I was high on alcohol. When I woke up this morning I had a sore back and there was a hangover of last nights music - It was going round and round in my head (especially the DUS number). After a day of super charged excitement I suddenly felt low today morning.

The day started - We all assembled at JNTU for boarding the bus that was to take us to the resort. The ride set the tone for the next few hours. For the first time in 4 years I was posing silly and stupid questions to my juniors! :)) I enjoyed every minute of the journey that lasted a little over an hour. I was able to interact with most of the 2005 batch juniors, Courtesy: 2004 batch girls - who used to send these people to find out about date of births, nick names etc; Most of the time it so happened that they came asking for someone and I used to assume that person's name as mine and send them back with some weird replies. It was so much fun because I was at the receiving end when I was a freshman in engineering. The 2005 MSITians were made to go back and forth in the bus - guys and girls alike! The most interesting thing I heard on the bus was from a 2005 MSITian. When asked why she joined MSIT she answered that she chose MSIT over M.Tech because MSIT had no exams which was 'kinda kool' ! Good point Miss. Point taken - If you had exams like our batch and that of our seniors you would have piled up arrears which would seem impossible to pass!

The spot in the resort where we were supposed to rock was visually pleasing. The breeze was cool. The spot was a secluded neem grove in the middle of a small body of water. Everybody introduced themselves on staged. 2005 batch juniors dispayed their wares (hidden talents) :) on stage before we made way for the MSIT 'Think tank'. I think I slept open-eyed through half of those addresses. Before our blood-sugar levels went dangerously low and put us into a coma - to our relief they announced a break for lunch. The lunch had all the usual items and ofcourse my favorite - gulab jamuns! They were so delicious, soft and yummy! Umm ... mouth watering! The brigade attacked the buffet with full force. The fort was under seize! A little over an hour later the warriors rested, contended and tired but happy with their conquest.

The gastronomic warriors who attacked the buffet full force after having had their share of rest turned into real warriors. We were divided into two teams the Red and the Orange. The event manager at the resort painted us all on the faces with the colour of our team. We looked really 'Kool'. We played tug-of-war and dodge ball. We lay down on the grass in an effort to recuperate our energy for the next item on the list - the Disco. As the sun set the music got louder. My heart beat increased with the music.

The lights and the smoke were in place. Finally the hour for which everyone was waiting was announced! The DJ started spinning. It was time to rock! I never thought that a DJ-Disco could be that much fun. If swaying to the tune was fun, watching these young guns rock to the tunes was even more fun! Just watching them filled my heart with loads of excitement! I have to accept that these guys have unmatched energy levels. I have seen quite a few guys and a couple of girls who were swaying their bodies to the music all through those hours with out taking a break. Commendable stamina. I did my bit. Actually I had my heart's fill - Both by watching and doing. The disco lights had such an effect on me that I was haunted by these flashes of light all through the night. I actually couldn't sleep much (I woke up at around 5 AM. My body said that it needed rest but my mind said that its energy levels were so high that it couldn't rest :) ).

If the bus ride in the morning was to be labelled exciting the ride in the evening has to be labelled 'super charged'! Everybody mingled with everybody else to pull each others' legs! Too sad for the guys and girls who came along in the morning but didn't take the bus in the evening. They have missed the loudest and the craziest part! If it was english and hindi in the morning it was telugu in the night. I don't know how the guys around me bore my really loud voice. With the help of 2004 guys sung a few 'mass' songs and after that started the most craziest session of all. Bus lo vunna vaallandariki peru peru naa arichi - vaallaki yedo oka description tagilinchi - 'O' yesukunnaam! At the end of it my vocal cords got so used to me shouting since morning that I was able to pull out only loud high pitched sounds. Anything less wasn't coming out. Incredible but true. I often face this problem when my vocal cords get stretched for too long a time. But I like the feeling the next day - My voice becomes deeper!

What ever be it - a sore voice or a deep voice - What matters the most is that I enjoyed to the brim. Once it happened because of my seniors and now because of my juniors. All thanks to their efforts in organizing this bash. They named it "Trance". The term was apt beacuse it did push me into a trance making me forget all my worries and gave me a hangover from which Iam yet to recover. I will treasure these moments for life. They will forever remain young in my mind!