Something strange is really going on with the Salem weather...we have rains pouring from clear skies-just-a-moment-ago. The little wood between the admin block and the ECE block could be seen overflowing with little rivulets.
The principal addressed the first years at the inauguration of the Science and English Literary Associations. How jumpy can a programme get? The PA system was not in place till 3.00 p.m (that was when the programme was slated to begin). The bright-faced and sweet-voiced MC from the first year changed the order of the agenda (a slight oversight due to shuffling of her papers). (She did a very fine job and more than compensated for her lapse with her clear diction and correct intonation). The podium mike began screeching and went mad with static and hisses. The ELA secretary, Shankar Ganesh, went weak due to his recent jaundice attack and had to stop his speech due to spasms. All in a day's work, said I to myself.
I learn a lot about people from these exercises at college. I get to know of irresponsible senior students who do not care for old values, I get to know some fantastic children who take up their responsibilties with zeal, I get to know the immense potential that the first years possess and I get to know that at the end of a programme, there is an immeasurable sense of relief and freedom sensed by those in charge of such programmes.