It was noon when we got up and getting up late was obivious. We got up ready and straightaway went for lunch at Punjabi Dhabba. It wasnt the old Punjabi Dhabba but more specious this time and wasnt there at its old place. Though the place was new but the food was equally pathetic. Rest of the afternoon we spent in college. College was closed coz of vacation and it had deserted look.
We started revisiting different joints, starting from the tennis court and DC(short form for down cops). SAC (student activity center) was in the most pathetic condition. It was still having the old look and we got the feeling as if no one came here since long. The movie screen was torn at places. This was the most adoring places for me but at looking its condition i got real senti. We carried on to basketball court, swimming pool, CCC (central computer center... called as tripC), Auditorium,dispensary, mech block and then ATB.
We went to the classroom in ATB where we spent a whole year in section B. The classroom is the same but the long benches are nowhere, instead replaced by nice chairs and tables for more comfort. The most important for me was to go into college library but unfortunately it was closed. so i had to make myself happy by just clicking a snap outside it. We spent some time on the lawn and then on the red bench. Red bench was a famous bench where only couples used to sit. I walked on the lawn of the main bulding, i got reminded of my old college days when me and sandi used to walk on the lawn just to get a break from studies. The college main building has been painted with light shed of green. I quite liked it coz it seemed like college got submerged with the greenary around it. We all roamed there around the main building and then went to DC for a juice. We came back to hostels and saw a peacock near the final year block. We went inside the final block and with out doubt this is the only hostel block everyone admires.
After finishing our trip we came back to hotel and packed our stuff. We had to go to M'lore to catch the bus to B'lore. Again i was uncontious by having avomin tablet and slept as soon as the bus started. We reached B'lore at 5 am next day.
This was more of an emotional blog rather than usual travelogue but i can't help it. I put here what i thought and saw. Old places really brings back emotions and this was one of the best examples of it.
2 comments:
Lolz! Let me write a bit of walking on the lawn story here!! People thought we studied so much as we 2 went to RR almost everyday. But now coming to tink of it, start form hostel at 7:45, walk at snails pace to reach RR only by 8:05 or something! Then chat with people who have come to study in RR - juniors and all. At about 8:30 come back at our seat and then discuss all the talks soon to be oined by vikram who came a bit late! After discussing now we better study, we finally opned books by 9, only to go for a break again at 9:30. After drinking water we used too roam about in the lawn for sometime, then go to reddys to make STD calls to home! we made it sure than me u n vi never call on the same day so that we can go tere everyday, have malai kulfi also..
finally its 10:30 when we are back to RR. either of us falling asleep after 15 mins and so pack up and go back to hostel!! this was everyday story..
Hey this was one of ur brst blog series. But the sentence of the trio goes to:" we had holy breakfast at SADS."
well...
so true !!!
These things make college life memorable.
And RR was definitely one of the places i miss in college. If i wouldnt have gone to RR i would have missed walking on lawn, sitting near flagpost, going to reddys for calls and having kulfi. I guess we made use of all the best places in college. :)
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